House of Spells

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781897126882

&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p><b>&#8220;I&#10;know why Mr. Giacomo wants Rose&#8217;s baby and why he can&#8217;t have him. And I want to&#10;make sure none of this is forgotten.&#8221;</b></p><p>Robert&#10;Pepper-Smith&#8217;s graceful new novel, <i>House of Spells</i>, follows&#10;the friendship between teenagers Rose and Lacey and their search for&#10;self-confidence, acceptance, and love in a small village in southeastern&#10;British Columbia.</p><p>When Rose becomes pregnant, the mysterious&#10;and childless Giacomo family, whose wealth is well-known in the community,&#10;offers to adopt the child. As Rose wrestles with the decision to give up her&#10;baby, Lacey recounts her efforts to help her friend and the unsettling&#10;discoveries she makes along the way. With gentle humour and righteous anger,&#10;Lacey faces the destructive forces of greed and realizes her own capacity for&#10;courage and love.</p>&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p><b>&#8220;I&#10;know why Mr. Giacomo wants Rose&#8217;s baby and why he can&#8217;t have him. And I want to&#10;make sure none of this is forgotten.&#8221;</b></p><p>Robert&#10;Pepper-Smith&#8217;s graceful new novel, <i>House of Spells</i>, follows&#10;the friendship between teenagers Rose and Lacey and their search for&#10;self-confidence, acceptance, and love in a small village in southeastern&#10;British Columbia.</p><p>When Rose becomes pregnant, the mysterious&#10;and childless Giacomo family, whose wealth is well-known in the community,&#10;offers to adopt the child. As Rose wrestles with the decision to give up her&#10;baby, Lacey recounts her efforts to help her friend and the unsettling&#10;discoveries she makes along the way. With gentle humour and righteous anger,&#10;Lacey faces the destructive forces of greed and realizes her own capacity for&#10;courage and love.</p>