Viola Valentine is a damaged by grief, she lost her daughter to leukemia and couldn’t find her balance. She is then damaged by hurricane Katrina, left on her rooftop for two days in the floodwaters. Now following her dream of becoming a travel writer on her PR trip to Arkansas, she is hounded by the ghosts she sees. Is she going crazy? What will she do to change her life? Her career?

A different plotting for a ghost story. I wasn’t sure as I began reading if I would like the story, the heroine is just so prickly and defensive; so, wrapped up in her own memories. But this author was up to the challenge of creating sense and compassion out of chaos. ( )