The Napping House Fantasy From the ashes of a

From the ashes of a life burned to the ground

She traces this loneliness to an inability to feel truly safe with others and a historic hyper-awareness stemming from the effects of slavery

But when looking into one ghost’s past reveals unexpected—and unwelcome—facts about Alyssa’s late husband’s death

"There's no way not to suffer

she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words

The Napping House Fantasy From the ashes of aEveryone knows the cumulative rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built, but The Napping House (1984) is close on its heels in the race for And on that granny there is a child a dreaming child on a snoring granny on a cozy bed in a napping house, where everyone is sleeping. Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse, and a wakeful flea who ends up toppling the whole sleep heap with one chomp! Don Woods