The Two Deaths of Lilian Carmichael

The Two Deaths of Lilian Carmichael

Author: Paulette Kennedy Listening Length: 8h 19m
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A young woman, perceived dead, plots to reinvent herself in a gripping historical gothic about secrets, superstition, and murder by the bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. South Carolina, 1853. Lillian Carmichael, privileged daughter of a disgraced Charleston family, is due to be hanged for the murder o...

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Time slows to a trickle without a home. The days blur together. I measure the hours between waking and sleeping by the next meal. The next place to shelter for the night. The next drink of water.

Water. My parched tongue reminds me of my thirst as I uncurl from my cramped position beneath the deep eaves of the Huguenot church.

I’ve sheltered here for the past three nights, out of the wind, but I’ll need to move along soon, before someone notices and reports me for vagrancy.