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Current Talk '09 II / Re: OT - "Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live" - Personal Reflection
« on: September 29, 2009, 06:25:30 AM »
Hello, Zahir -
Thanks for your response ...
Yes, I am sure that you read the same book (young adult novel). The title is "The Mystery of the Witches' Bridge," and the author is Barbee Oliver Carleton. I am not very far along in my re-reading of it, but much of it is coming back to me. The 13-year old boy goes to live with his uncle on the New England coast (probably Massachusetts, not Maine), where he arrives by bus (not train - my apologies). The large estate is set on an island in the midst of a marsh, and yes there is a large black dog connected with the legend of evil and of the boy's great-great-something grandfather, who pronounced a curse when he was arrested for witchcraft. It's very atmospheric and the sort of book that settles in one's subconscious memory. Very much like DS in that respect.
Thanks for your response ...
Yes, I am sure that you read the same book (young adult novel). The title is "The Mystery of the Witches' Bridge," and the author is Barbee Oliver Carleton. I am not very far along in my re-reading of it, but much of it is coming back to me. The 13-year old boy goes to live with his uncle on the New England coast (probably Massachusetts, not Maine), where he arrives by bus (not train - my apologies). The large estate is set on an island in the midst of a marsh, and yes there is a large black dog connected with the legend of evil and of the boy's great-great-something grandfather, who pronounced a curse when he was arrested for witchcraft. It's very atmospheric and the sort of book that settles in one's subconscious memory. Very much like DS in that respect.