![]() ![]() Her only bright spark in life is her younger brother David - a precocious four-year old who is wise beyond his years. Her relationship with her mother Karen has been on rocky grounds and losing her father has made it worse. For starters, her best friend Miranda no longer wants to play the girlie games in the woods - and is now interested in boys, and men. A kind, warm-hearted girl who has just lost her father in a horrific accident last year, is figuring out the complexities of growing up. Lauren, a fourteen-year old teenager is our main protagonist. What makes Ghost Tree a winner, raising it notches above just a gore-fest horror story is the manner in which Christina builds up her characters, their intimate personal stories interwoven amongst each other. Ghost Tree is actually a heart-warming tale of families trying to make ends meet, in this laid-back small town called Smiths Hollow - told from the point of view of a multitude of characters, all of them whom we feel we 'know' in an intimate manner. It's a story that features witches, but not in any sense that you've probably seen or read before. ![]() ![]() While it is a 'horror' story, it is also a story of coming-of-age, first loves, childhood friendships and the ties that define a family. With The Ghost Tree, Christina takes a decidedly different approach to give us a creepy simmering tale of horror set in a sleepy small-town in the outskirts of Chicago. ![]()
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