St. James Place (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781413487343)

A WOMAN OF TODAY IS CALLED ON TO HELP A WOMAN OF THE PAST Have you ever walked down a street and tried to picture it in an earlier, simpler time? Have you ever imagined yourself actually living in the past? Elizabeth Charles, a New York social worker specializing in child abuse, is walking to her next case on the streets of New York's Lower East Side when her eyes seem to betray her. A street sign changes its name, then back again: St. James Place. The phantom sign sticks in her head, and thus begins a journey through time and emotion that takes her back to the New York of the early 20th century where she confronts the issues of that day, which are strangely familiar to her: domestic violence, women's rights, and the stubborn gulf between wealth and poverty. She encounters a woman who survived the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 and Elizabeth is recruited to help this phantom from the past right a terrible injustice. St. James Place is a novel about the possibility of life after death, the existence of the spirit world, and how, at times, we are allowed to tap into both. A novel of suspense, romance, and history, St. James Place. appeals to readers fascinated by the mysteries of those who have gone before us. Set in old New York, present-day New York, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, this is thriller about good versus evil in which a woman of today is called upon to help a woman from the past.

Author: Patricia Riley Leyden
ISBN-10: 1413487343
ISBN-13: 9781413487343
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2005
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d