It has been years since I've read any of Gail Godwin's books, so I thought I would try Grief Cottage. This book is about an eleven-year-old boy who has suffered through a number of tragedies. He was being raised by a single mother who did not make much money. They lived in a small, one bedroom apartment and still had trouble making ends meet. When his mother died in a car accident, Marcus received a good amount of money from an insurance policy and was sent off to live with his great aunt Charlotte, an artist living on Pawley's Island near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
I love Godwin's writing, especially the way she develops her characters. Grief Cottage is Marcus' story, but the other characters, especially his Aunt Charlotte are also fascinating. There is also a ghost, who may or may not exist. He remains in a beat up old cottage where he died years earlier during Hurricane Hazel. Marcus sees him and talks to him, but no one else does.
Some of the events that push the plot along happen out of the blue, which stopped me a bit, but that is my only critique. Since reading this I've decided to go back and read two of my favorite Godwin books, Father Melancholy's Daughter and Evensong.
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