Synopsis
In the summer of her twelfth year, a poor girl named Emily leaves home to work on a farm in rural Quebec. The farmer and his wife love Emily, but when she falls ill and dies, another girl is hired to take her place. Soon a strange event keeps recurring in the farmhouse. What is going on? On the first night, the farmer fails to solve the mystery. But on the second night, the farmer's wife snaps awake to find herself staring at a ghost!
Publishers Weekly
In another addition to the Vermont Folklife Center series, a farmer and his wife discover strange happenings in The Ghost on the Hearth by Susan Milford, illus. by Lydia Dabcovich. Every morning they find wax on the hearth, even though their hired girl cleans it every night. This gentle ghost story paints an evocative portrait of life in 19th-century rural Quebec. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.