A Sound Among the Trees (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Adelaide McClane: 90 yr old matriarch of Holly Oak; aka Mimi
• Susannah Page: the suspected ghost in the old Holly Oaks house.
• Marielle Bishop: Arizona transplant, new wife to Carson, new step mom to Brette & Hudson. Learns about Holly Oak after she meets Caroline, Sara's mother.
• Carson Bishop: widowoer of Sara, husband to Marielle, father of Hudson & Brette
• Caroline McClane: daughter of Adelaide; mother of Sara
• Sara McClane Bishop: deceased wife of Carson, daughter of Caroline & great-granddaughter of Adelaide
• Tessie: the only slave to return to Holly Oak after her attempt to find her family was ruined by her rape
• Eliza Pembroke: Aunt to Susannah; Northern sympathizer who aided John & Will in their attempt to gain information on the South
• Nathaniel Page: Lieutenant; Southern gentleman who fell in love with Susannah, son of a Banker,
• Hudson Bishop: son of Carson and Sara
• Frances, Maxine, Pearl, Deloris: Blue-Haired Old Ladies & friends of Adelaide
• Brette Bishop: daughter of Carson and Sara
• Dr. Prewitt: fake person used for code name
• Ellen: mother of Marielle
• Charles McClane: deceased husband of Adelaide; science teacher & WWI vet
• Chad: brother of Marielle
• Lisa: wife of Chad
• Kirby: 12 yr old nephew of Marielle; son of Chad and Lisa
• Margaret: Adelaide's deceased mother
• Eldon Pembroke: great great great grandfather of Adelaide; he owned Holly Oak and a woolen mill, sheep and many slaves
• Grandmother Pembroke: owned a haberdashery on Caroline Street in Frederisksberg; Eliza and Susannah worked there
• Annabel Page: Susannahs daughter that was married in the parlor of Holly Oak
• Eleanor Towsley: cousin who lived in Maine; Susannah wrote many letters to her during the war
• John Towsley: cousin who went to West Point and fought in the war
• Will Black: cadet who was friends with John Towsley and Susannah was in love with
• Abner: 60 year old slave at the woolen mill who did not run away
• Samuel Holly: Tessie's baby
• Alexander Page: Nathaniels father; respected banker
• Cpl Stiles & Lt Carruthers: worked at Libby Prison
• Eldora Meeks: Clairvoyant cousin of Pearls

Quotes edit see section history

• “...: pretty but not quite beautiful.”

  Adelaide

• “I wanted to go back to being happy. And he said happiness is not something we go back to get. We pursue it. It is ahead of us, not back in time.”

  Susannah

• “Did you know, Eleanor, that one tiny broken thread in a seam can lead to the eventual ruin of the entire garment? One simple bubble of air can ruin a jar of peaches? One decision you make in the blink of an eye can alter your life forever?”

  Susannah

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Fredericksburg, VA
• Phoenix, AZ
• West Point
• Washington, D.C.

Organizations edit see section history

• Libby Prison: civil war prison for those captured
• Castle Thunder: traitors prison during the civil war

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Susan Meissner (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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