Lily Dale
Lily Dale

Author: Christine Wicker

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0061981737

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In Lily Dale, New York, the dead don't die. Instead, they flit among the elms and stroll along the streets. According to spiritualists who have ruled this community for five generations, the spirits never go away—and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums in hopes of communicating with dead relatives or catching a glimpse of the future. Weaving past with present, the living with the dead, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Christine Wicker investigates the longings for love and connection that draw visitors to "the Dale," introducing us to a colorful cast of characters along the way—including such famous visitors as Susan B. Anthony, Harry Houdini, and Mae West. Laugh-out-loud funny at times, this honest portrayal shows us that ultimately it doesn't matter what we believe; it is belief itself that can transform us all.

Lily Dale: Awakening
Lily Dale: Awakening

Author: Wendy Corsi Staub

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-15

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0802784623

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Book one in New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub's YA series, Lily Dale. Calla thought that her boyfriend breaking up with her in a text message was the worst thing that could ever happen to her. But just two weeks later, her mother died in a freak accident, and life as she knew it was completely over. With her father heading to California for a new job, they decide that Calla should spend a few weeks with the grandmother she barely knows while he gets them set up. To Calla's shock, her mother's hometown of Lily Dale is a town full of psychics-including her grandmother. Suddenly, the fact that her mother never talked about her past takes on more mysterious overtones. The longer she stays in town, the stranger things become, as Calla starts to experience unusual and unsettling events that lead her to wonder whether she has inherited her grandmother's unique gift. Is it this gift that is making her suspect that her mother's death was more than an accident, or is it just an overactive imagination? Staying in Lily Dale is the only way to uncover the truth. But will Calla be able to deal with what she learns about her mother's past and her own future? Don't miss these other books for young readers by Wendy Corsi Staub: Witch Hunt Scream and Scream Again! Lily Dale Series: Awakening Believing Connecting Discovering Teen Angel series: Mitzi Malloy and the Anything-But-Heavenly Summer Brittany Butterfield and the Back-To-School Blues Henry Hopkins and the Horrible Halloween Happening New York Times Bestsellers: Don't Scream (2007), Most Likely to Die (2007) , The Final Victim, She Loves Me Not USA Today Bestsellers: Don't Scream (2007), Most Likely to Die (2007), The Final Victim, The Last to Know, In the Blink of an Eye, Dearly Beloved

Lily Dale
Lily Dale

Author: Horton Foote

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780822206675

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THE STORY: After the death of his alcoholic father, and his mother's remarriage, young Horace Robedaux remained in Harrison, Texas, clerking in a dry goods store. When his mother invites him to visit her and his teenage sister, Lily, in Houston, Ho

Nine Lives
Nine Lives

Author: Wendy Corsi Staub

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1629532495

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New York Times–bestselling author: A widowed young mom finds a fresh start in a lakeside village full of ghosts and psychics in this charmingly quirky mystery for fans of Charmed! “Hooked me from page one . . . a thoroughly satisfying read.” —Rhys Bowen, New York Times–bestselling author When reluctant road trippers Bella Jordan and her son Max detour to Lily Dale, New York, they’re planning to deliver a lost cat to its home and then move on, searching for one of their own. But the footloose feline’s owner Leona Gatto has unexpectedly passed away, leaving behind a pregnant pet without a mistress, a busy inn without a keeper—and a lovable circle of neighbors who chat with dead people. After agreeing to help out temporarily, sensible Bella doesn’t need psychic gifts to figure out that a houseful of tourists and a litter of kittens lie in her immediate future—or that Leona was murdered. It’s up to her to solve the case so that she and Max can leave town, but their new home—like Leona’s killer—might just lurk where she least expects it. Nine Lives is the first warm and witty book in the Lily Dale Mystery series by New York Times–bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub!

Lily Dale: Believing
Lily Dale: Believing

Author: Wendy Corsi Staub

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-14

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0802722520

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After spending the summer in Lily Dale, Calla has decided to stay for a few more months, and will soon be starting school at Lily Dale High. She's finally getting used to her new home and her newly realized gift. But lately, the visions occur much more frequently and have a greater sense of urgency. There may be someone who needs her help but there might also be a killer on the loose. Now that Calla believes in her own ability, can she learn to use it properly? And will she be able to learn more about her mother's mysterious death without putting herself in serious danger? Don't miss these other books for young readers by Wendy Corsi Staub: Witch Hunt Scream and Scream Again! Lily Dale Series: Awakening Believing Connecting Discovering Teen Angel series: Mitzi Malloy and the Anything-But-Heavenly Summer Brittany Butterfield and the Back-To-School Blues Henry Hopkins and the Horrible Halloween Happening

Prose and Cons
Prose and Cons

Author: Wendy Corsi Staub

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2021-11-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1448305977

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Young widow Bella Jordan investigates a mystery with a literary twist in this charming, magical small-town cozy mystery from New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub. It’s been nine months since widowed mom Bella Jordan and her young son Max moved to Lily Dale, the quirky, close-knit New York community populated by people who can speak to the dead . . . if one believes in that kind of thing. Now she counts Valley View, the guesthouse she runs, as home and her psychic medium neighbours as friends. Even haughty, British Pandora, who used to own Valley View before her difficult divorce. So when Pandora sweeps in, requesting an urgent tete-a-tete, Bella expects it to be another complaint about book club. It isn’t. Pandora airily reveals her elderly Auntie Eudora is taking a last-minute cruise from London to New York with her gentleman friend Nigel – and minutes later Bella is bemused to find she’s agreed to host them at Valley View free of charge. Bella has enough on her plate: her son Max, their two kitties, a budding relationship with local vet Drew . . . not to mention this month’s book club pick to read. But when she begins to have suspicions about one of her new guests, she’s determined to uncover the truth for Pandora’s sake – even if it kills her first.

Something Buried, Something Blue
Something Buried, Something Blue

Author: Wendy Corsi Staub

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1629538027

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New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub is back with the second in her critically-acclaimed cozy mystery series. After agreeing to stay in Lily Dale through the winter as caretakers of the Valley View Guesthouse and its feline residents, widowed mom Bella Jordan and her son Max are looking forward to the peaceful off-season after a hectic summer. That is until the medium next door, Odelia Lauder, recruits Bella to host a destination wedding for the world's most petulant bride, Johneen Maynard, a friend of Odelia's granddaughter. Things take an even more stressful turn as the wedding day looms amidst an October blizzard, when suddenly the Spirits start giving Odelia a major heads up that the bride might be fated for death. And if there's any truth to her premonitions, the wedding is off—and that's the least of their problems. It's a race to figure out who would want to kill Johneen before her attacker has a chance to strike in Something Buried, Something Blue.

Lily Dale
Lily Dale

Author: Christine Wicker

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 006008667X

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An award-winning and wry journalist captures the life and spirit of a 122-year-old town populated exclusively by people who believe the dead live among them.

Shannon Taggart: Séance
Shannon Taggart: Séance

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Publisher: Fulgur Press

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781527236318

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American photographer Shannon Taggart (born 1977) became aware of spiritualism as a teenager when her cousin received a message from a medium that revealed details about her grandfather's death. In 2001, while working as a photojournalist, she began photographing where that message was received--Lily Dale, New York, home to the world's largest spiritualist community, proceeding to other communities in, for example, Arthur Findlay College in the UK. Taggart expected to spend one summer figuring out the tricks of the spiritualist trade. Instead, spiritualism's mysterious processes, earnest practitioners and neglected photographic history became an inspiration. Her project evolved into an 18-year journey that has taken her around the world in search of "ectoplasm"-- the elusive substance that is said to be both spiritual and material. With Séance, Taggart offers a series of haunting photographs exploring spiritualist practices in the US, England and Europe. Supported with a commentary on her experiences, a foreword by Dan Aykroyd, creator of Ghostbusters and fourth-generation spiritualist, and illustrated essays from Andreas Fischer and Tony Oursler, Séance examines spiritualism's relationship with human celebrity and its connections with technology, and concludes with the debate over ectoplasm and how spiritualism can move forward in the 21st century.

Lost In Summerland
Lost In Summerland

Author: Barrett Swanson

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2021-05-18

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1640094199

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Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage. A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend’s body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest. In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country’s political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.