Savannah's Little Crooked Houses: If These Walls Could Talk

and

Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting

by Susan B. Johnson

Reader Response

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"Savannah's Little Crooked Houses: If These Walls Could Talk is a wonderful and well-researched addition to the lore and history of Savannah, and especially meaningful to me—I lived in one of those little crooked houses! Imagine my delight to read about its previous inhabitants." — Jody Schiesser (Savannah, GA)

"Having traveled often to Savannah, I have been fascinated with what mysteries might lie behind the facades of those lovely houses. Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting is a really engaging story about several intertwining generations of a family whose members are just as colorful as I imagined. I thoroughly enjoyed it!" — Anne Douglass (Madison, WI)

"Savannah's Little Crooked Houses: If These Walls Could Talk reads like an historical novel.  The cast of characters and their lives in the little crooked houses are just what historical novelists write about basing their stories on facts.  Thanks for a wonderful departure from fiction.  Can't wait for your next book!" — Lyda N. Cook (Ashville, OH)

"Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting is a perfect armchair vacation. It's an intriguing story, both witty and touching, rounded out with one seriously scary character. I loved this escape to the history and mystery of Savannah." — K. Thompson (Tinley Park, IL)

"I enjoyed Savannah's Little Crooked Houses: If These Walls Could Talk much more than I thought I would. By telling the stories of relatively average Savannah residents over the last 200 years, the author told so much of the area's history too. Every reader has a much better appreciation for what life was really like during that period, especially with regard to sickness and disease. I can only imagine the hours of research that went into her effort." — (Bob Gordon, Crestline, CA)

"Enjoyed Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting. The story moves right along, but time is taken to develop the main characters. Appropriate and clean conclusion to the book. Some examples of strong, emotional writing, e.g., when Alexander looks around his old room at home in Savannah for the first time in years. The book provides a good chance to expand one’s ghostly argot!" — Bill Belt (Middleton, WI)

"Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting is a fun ghost story. I've never cared much about the bad guy, in this case played by the niece Charlotte Horner, but in Spirit Willing I enjoyed it each time Charlotte got stopped dead in her tracks. It is a must read and one you won't be able to put down. I loved it!" — Jossie Bustos (Savannah, GA)

"It isn't often that I have deliberately refrained from getting to the end of a book because I simply didn't want it to end. Two before Spirit Willing:A Savannah Haunting were Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner and Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting by Susan B. Johnson is the same kind of feast for my palate. Her characters' histories are beautifully woven into the story like a fine colored tapestry. If anyone reading this has never experienced love-making in color, please go to page 153 of this book. This writer is a consummate artist, covering all the bases for a reader to experience these lives well-lived. I can't wait for the next feast from Susan B. Johnson." — Carolyn Siefferman (Savannah, GA)

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