Over the next couple of days, Emerson and Michael meet often and discuss their gifts. It also helps that Michael, who is close to Emerson's age, is very good-looking. That night, however, Emerson is intrigued by the fact that Michael can see some of the same things that she can see. Therefore, when Thomas tells Emerson about Michael Weaver and Hourglass, she is reluctant to meet him. Thomas has hired a great number of people in the past who thought they could help Emerson, but each proved to be some kind of charlatan, leaving Emerson skeptical. However, the fact that Emerson can see dead people places a damper on his attempts to give her a normal life. Thomas is wants Emerson to have as normal of a life as possible following her depression and mental struggles after the deaths of their parents four years ago. Emerson is less than happy about the prospect of facing the same classmates she once had a complete mental breakdown in front of, but her brother, and guardian, refuses to discuss the idea of allowing her to simply test out of school. Emerson and Michael prove to be parallel souls who together can change a wrong, but at what cost to them and those around them? Hourglass is an impressive premiere novel that takes a unique look at the idea of time travel.Įmerson Cole has just returned home to her small Tennessee home from boarding school, facing her senior year among her former classmates after learning that her scholarship to the boarding school has been discontinued. However, when Emerson meets Michael Weaver she learns that these visions are not the dead, but snapshots of the past and that Michael also can see what she sees. In this book, Emerson Cole has been seeing what she believes is dead people since just before her parents die in a terrible accident. Hourglass is the first novel by writer Myra McEntire.

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