The Gates of Evangeline

Written by Hester Young

Review written by Angela Hatherell


The Gates of Evangeline
Century
RRP: £6.99
Released: January 14 2016
PBK
Set in small town Louisiana, this thought provoking narrative knits the theme of lost children, and the consequences of the loss in an engrossing story. 

New York based journalist Charlotte Cates (known as Charlie), is grieving deeply over the loss of her four-year-old son, who died tragically of a brain haemorrhage. After weeks of despair and apathy, she eventually manages to drag herself back to work.  The assignment she is given [somewhat] tactlessly is to research the disappearance of Gabriel Devau, the scion of a dynastic Southern family. Thirty years previously, the young Devau disappeared from his locked nursery, never to be seen again; so Charlie heads to America’s Deep South to attempt to unravel the mystery.

Charlotte meets the Devau family’s siblings, twins Sydney and Brigitte and their younger brother Andre, but is not allowed to speak to their seriously-ill mother, Hettie. Later we are introduced to a bewildering array of characters – relatives, servants, neighbours, some black and some white, including Noah, a protégé of Hettie, who has come to landscape the neglected gardens back to their former glory.

I have to confess that I lost track of the members of three generations of the Devau family, their tenants, and other local people, due to being engrossed in Charlie’s investigation. The plot, as they say, thickens and intrigues, so much so, I found myself totally gripped in the hands of a relentless storyteller.

The American idiom and American spelling, which I usually find distracting, melted away as the narrative held me in a firm grip. Though one does have to suspend disbelief at times; mainly related to the ‘visions’ that Charlie sees in her sleep, in her dreams speaking and touching the lost children that talk to her.

This is a long book, though if you approach it with a clear mind and time to spare - you are in for a treat, as this is a book that is totally engrossing. 

discount prescription go walgreen online coupons
propranolol 40mg sumatriptan diflucan 200mg
2016 viagra coupon site coupon for free viagra
acheter viagra livraison 48h acheter viagra livraison 48h acheter viagra livraison 48h
cialis coupon codes discount cialis price range generic cialis source
tadalafil 20mg tablets tadalafilo tadalafil 20 mg
motilium et grossesse site motilium enceinte
cialis discount cialis coupon cheap cialis
when can you get an abortion pill against abortion pill abortion pill
stemetil im stemetil side effects stemetil side effects restlessness
addiyar newspaper addyi suomi addiyan chuk chuk
prescription discount coupons abcomke.sk discount coupon for cialis
natural abortion pill after abortion pill abortion pills
medical abortion pill misoprostol abortion abortion pill price
coupons prescriptions cialis coupon code cialis coupons 2015
discount coupons for prescriptions activeslo.com cialis manufacturer coupon 2016
coupon prescription discount coupon for cialis discount prescription coupons
priligy thailand priligy 60 mg priligy 30 mg
duphaston 10 mg duphaston i ovulacija duphaston tablete za odgodu menstruacije
cialis blog.bjorback.com cialis pris
addyi review addiyan chuk chuk addyi wikipedia
abortion price chemical abortion pill abortion pill cost
priligy thailand priligy resepti priligy apteekki
cialis free coupon lilly cialis coupon prescription coupons
abortion centers how much is it to get an abortion consequences of abortion
cialis coupons free discount prescription drug cards 2015 cialis coupon


Home
Book Reviews
Features
Interviews
News
Columns
Authors
Blog
About Us
Contact Us

Privacy Policy | Contact Shots Editor

THIS WEBSITE IS © SHOTS COLLECTIVE. NOT TO BE REPRODUCED ELECTRONICALLY EITHER WHOLLY OR IN PART WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE EDITOR.