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A review by laurieb755
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
5.0
With such a diverse background I imagine Kate Racculia is as interesting as her stories. And this was an interesting story! My grandchildren are here. The Olympics are taking place. And I spent my morning finishing this very compelling story while they watched the Olympics with their grandfather. Says something about the tale and the author's ability to keep this story going through the twists and turns and revelations.
This is a ghost story (the book title guarantees that part), a story of grief and how to accept and move through it, a story of what it means to let yourself be vulnerable, of friendship, of self-discovery, of love. But that's not all. This is also a story of encouragement and the people that root for you even (or perhaps especially) when you sometimes are not able to root for yourself. It is also a murder mystery.
Tuesday Mooney is a super sleuth; she knows how to find information wherever it may be lurking, either out in the open or buried away. She is employed by a Boston hospital to unearth information about potential donors and she is very skilled at her job. She makes connections and sees connections that others miss. She also hears her best friend Abby who talks to her, though there is one glitch, Abby disappeared when they were 16 years old and is presumed dead. Tuesday has one friend, Dex, a financier who would much prefer to immerse himself in singing and acting and expressing his true self. Living next door to Tuesday is Dorry, a teenager whose mother died. Dorry believes she will somehow be able to reconnect with her mom.
Every Thursday Dorry goes next door to be tutored by Tuesday. While they ostensibly work on academics, Dorry is also picking up all sorts of pop culture wisdom from watching Tuesday and listening to her music, either in person or through their shared apartment wall.
And then there are the Archeses and the Pryces. Vincent Pryce is a billionaire who dies while at a fund raiser for the hospital at which Tuesday works. The Archeses are another extremely wealthy family and they share with the Pryces a property border on Nantucket, which is perhaps where this story begins. When Vincent Pryce dies the "fun" begins - his obituary is an open invitation to anyone wanting to participate in a game and join him at his funeral one week later.
I accepted the invitation and am glad to have tagged along from start to finish!
This is a ghost story (the book title guarantees that part), a story of grief and how to accept and move through it, a story of what it means to let yourself be vulnerable, of friendship, of self-discovery, of love. But that's not all. This is also a story of encouragement and the people that root for you even (or perhaps especially) when you sometimes are not able to root for yourself. It is also a murder mystery.
Tuesday Mooney is a super sleuth; she knows how to find information wherever it may be lurking, either out in the open or buried away. She is employed by a Boston hospital to unearth information about potential donors and she is very skilled at her job. She makes connections and sees connections that others miss. She also hears her best friend Abby who talks to her, though there is one glitch, Abby disappeared when they were 16 years old and is presumed dead. Tuesday has one friend, Dex, a financier who would much prefer to immerse himself in singing and acting and expressing his true self. Living next door to Tuesday is Dorry, a teenager whose mother died. Dorry believes she will somehow be able to reconnect with her mom.
Every Thursday Dorry goes next door to be tutored by Tuesday. While they ostensibly work on academics, Dorry is also picking up all sorts of pop culture wisdom from watching Tuesday and listening to her music, either in person or through their shared apartment wall.
And then there are the Archeses and the Pryces. Vincent Pryce is a billionaire who dies while at a fund raiser for the hospital at which Tuesday works. The Archeses are another extremely wealthy family and they share with the Pryces a property border on Nantucket, which is perhaps where this story begins. When Vincent Pryce dies the "fun" begins - his obituary is an open invitation to anyone wanting to participate in a game and join him at his funeral one week later.
I accepted the invitation and am glad to have tagged along from start to finish!