Beating Heart by A. M. Jenkins

"I never felt the knots
till they
unraveled

never saw the ties
till they
dropped loose

never knew that I was
clinging to debris
in someone else's wake."

In the wake of her divorce, Mom quits her job to pursue her dream of becoming a writer and moves 17-year-old Evan and his little sister Libby into her dream house. The house is old, dilapidated, and long empty. Some pricey renovation begins to return the house to a livable state, but it's original occupant is still attached to the past. Soon the lives and feelings of Evan and a long-dead Victorian ghost become intertwined. This sensual novella is written both in poetry prose.

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SLJ recommends grades 9 & up.