![]() ![]() When Zoey arrives at the Dellawisp with her invisible bird Pigeon, someone at building dies. Frasier, an enigmatic gentleman who seems to know more than he says and Lucy a woman who sees much but hides more. Mack, a chef whose food brings joy to many, but not to him. ![]() There’s Charlotte, a henna artist who seems to be running from something. There are four other condos and the inhabitants are just as unique as the turquoise birds that flutter outside the building from which The Dellawisp takes its name. With time to spare before she starts college, she has come to The Dellawisp to form some kind of connection with her mother, though she’s gone from this world. She arrives on Mallow Island, South Carolina to claim her deceased mother’s condo at a building called The Dellawisp. ![]() The only problem is, she isn’t sure what she is running towards. They’re the white sheets we drape over our ghosts so we can see them. ![]()
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