Everything you need to understand or teach The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis.
A love story set against the backdrops of World War II and the 1980s, Barbara Davis’s The Echo of Old Books follows a tragic romance that spans multiple decades. Ashlyn Greer, the owner of a rare bookstore, has the ability to feel the emotions that past readers imbued into books. When she discovers peculiar, authorless novels that exude chilling and heartbroken emotions, she contacts their donor, Ethan Hillard, to discover their origins. Hemi and Belle, the protagonists of the mystery novels, alternate narrating their relationship’s story as Ethan and Ashlyn try to discover what really tore the couple apart. With a touch of the supernatural and told from multiple perspectives, The Echo of Old Books discusses the ideas of forgiveness, anger, memory, family, and environment.