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Synopsis
There are terrible secrets from generations past buried at Maidenwood. Medical student Julie Newcomb has returned to her family's decaying plantation—the site of so many painful childhood memories—to tend to her tyrannical grandmother, felled by a stroke. The fire of malevolence still burns in the cruel, despotic matriarch's eyes—yet, for Julie, a faint spark of redemption and second chances flickers in this hated, haunted place. But her hope—and her life—are seriously threatened by a nightmare reborn...and by the grim discovery on the lonely road to Maidenwood of the earth-browned skeletons of a mother and child.
Is Be Buried in the Rain appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This Gothic mystery involves the discovery of skeletal remains (mother and child), family dysfunction, emotional abuse from a tyrannical grandmother, and dark family secrets spanning generations. Violence is moderate with disturbing imagery but not graphically described.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child harm, emotional abuse, death, death of child, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love atmospheric Gothic mysteries with haunted plantations and family secrets will be drawn into this suspenseful story.