Book Blurb for Family Ties
Family Ties is a novel about generational trauma and the imprints (or “ghosts”) that traumatic events leave on a place and a family.
The novel explores abuse, gender roles, and how our past shapes us.
This story is about a woman who returns to her family home after her grandmother passes away and leaves the house to her.
While sorting through boxes of family heirlooms, she finds more than just old pictures still reside in the house.
Our protagonist must traverse the decrepit manor to find the root of her family’s curse, while trying to avoid a similar fate to her relatives.
She does this while encountering the ghosts of her predecessors and uncovering the mystery of a death that happened long before she was born.
The story of the family starts in the 1910s, when the youngest of three children dies mysteriously in the night.
After her death, the family befalls various horrific fates.
The cycle continues across generations, but will our protagonist be able to break it?