![]() ![]() First-time novelist Salerni tells the story primarily in Maggie's voice (with some chapters narrated by Kate) and sticks closely to facts upon which the story is based, to a degree that some readers may find exhaustive and which results in loosely connected events and dangling threads. The girls' longing for attention and Leah's greed motivate the charade, rapidly deforming their lives. Under the direction of their older sister, Leah, the girls move from amazing their rural neighbors to holding séances in upscale Rochester, where the scrutiny and stratagems become much more intense. ![]() ![]() For Maggie, it's the beginning of a lifelong deception for Kate, it's an unlocking of her true spiritual gifts. In 1848, the Fox sisters-Maggie, 14, and Kate, 11-decide to play a prank: an accident of physiology allows both girls to make loud cracking noises with the joints in their legs and feet, and thereby convince the family that a spirit is haunting their house. ![]()
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