The Abandoned Ghost

A cognitively challenged ghost from 1930 lands smack dab in the middle of a family living in 2008. Marvin Sims is the ghost of a man who died in 1930 in a barn. Now in 2008 he has been carried into the farmhouse with pieces of the barn which has been torn down. Inside the house he finds a world he could not imagine and human conflicts that addle his slow thinking brain. He is also forced to deal with issues regarding his own past life and death. Will Marvin be able to use this experience for growth and to move on? Travel with him as he struggles with being a slow-thinking ghost in the modern world.

From the Inside Flap

Marvin, a slow thinking man from the 1930's dies in a barn on a farm where he worked. Unable to think what he should do, Marvin does nothing and so he remains in the old barn until it is torn down. This story revolves around how a cognitively challenged man from the 1930's tries to make sense out of the world of today, while struggling to figure out how he can go into the light.

From the Back Cover

A slow-thinking ghost from the 1930's encounters the modern world.A cognitively challenged man from the 1930's finds himself smack dab in the middle of a family living in 2012. Marvin Sims died in 1930 but in 2012 he finds himself carried into a house with the weathered wood from the barn in which he died. The wood was used to panel a family room in the house. Inside the house, Marvin encounters a world he could never have imagined and human conflicts that addle his brain. He is also forced to deal with issues concerning his own past life and death.Will Marvin be able to use this experience for growth and to move on? Travel with him as he struggles with being a slow thinking ghost in a modern world.

About the Author

Saundra Crum Akers was born in Urbana, Ohio but moved to Highland county when she was a child. Greenfield, where this novel is set, was located not far from where she lived and went to school. This was a factor in the choice of location. Ms. Akers currently lives in Hilliard, Ohio where she is at work  doing re-writes on a new book, Triple Trouble, which will be added to her previous 23 novels. All novels are available on Amazon.

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