Ebook {Epub PDF} In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

Mary Shelley Black lives in a time of war and disease, it’s the fall of and the Spanish Influenza is in full swing taking the lives of most people who are unlucky enough to catch it. With people dying from the flu and soldiers dying in combat everyone is turning towards séances and spirit photographers/5(). ★ “Winters’s masterful debut novel is an impressively researched marriage of the tragedies of wartime, the flu epidemic, the contemporaneous Spiritualism craze, and a chilling love story and mystery Deliciously creepy.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ “.  · Cat Winters is an award-winning, critically acclaimed author of fiction that blends history with the supernatural. Her young adult works include IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS, THE CURE FOR DREAMING, THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY, ODD TRUE, and THE RAVEN'S TALE. She is also the author of two adult novels, THE UNINVITED and YESTERNIGHT/5(2K).

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of World War I, the world was hit with the Spanish Influenza, not only are people being killed in the line of fire, but those that stayed home must also fight the deadly flu. Those who have lost loved ones flock seances to talk to their loved ones, and a new phenomenon, taking. IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS. by Cat Winters ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 2, A bright young woman is caught between science and spiritualism in her quest to make sense of a world overcome with war and disease in California. Mary Shelley Black's world has been turned upside down by the arrest of her father at their home in Portland, Ore. Cat Winters did a great job of transporting the reader to that time of struggle when so many were fighting for their lives in battle during WWI and with the Spanish Influenza! The narrator was amazing at becoming Mary Shelley Black and her voice was very pleasant to listen to because she really drew me more into the story.

Eight Years of IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS April 2 marked the eighth anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds. This past year I've often felt like I've become trapped inside the book's setting, when another pandemic threatened lives, shut down cities, and turned masks into a means of keeping everyone safe. In the Shadow of Blackbirds is a historical horror fiction book published in by the American author Cat Winters. Targeted at young adults, the book tells the story of year-old Mary Shelley Black who struggles with love and loss in San Diego, California during the waning days of World War I. In October , Mary Shelley's father is arrested for treason and taken from their home in Portland, Oregon. Cat Winters is an award-winning, critically acclaimed author of teen and adult fiction that blends history with the supernatural. Her YA works include IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS, THE CURE FOR DREAMING, THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY, ODD amp; TRUE, and a forthcoming novel about Edgar Allan Poe's teen years, THE RAVEN'S TALE (April ).