

This story, told with gentle but vivid writing, brings us to painful tears of recognition about the human condition and yet uplifts us with the redemptive quality of hope.

In Gravity Hill, Susanne Davis has tackled the wide, sweeping themes of love and loss, environmental troubles, feuds, families forced to confront each other’s mistakes, communities coming apart and then coming together, regrets, fathers and sons, and families torn up by old lies and secrets. Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of both Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You She writes about situations and lives that, like John Irving, are not only fiercely entertaining, but they also have a deep moral center about how we should be living our lives, what we should care about, how we can manage our rich and complicated world. She creates characters that you instantly care about, that you worry over, that you live with. Susanne Davis is an extraordinary writer. Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We are Water and She’s Come Undone It’s both a pleasure and an honor for me to endorse Gravity Hill, a story to which readers will be drawn and by which they’ll be rewarded. Davis has a gift for dialogue and vivid description her details about agricultural life, the family dynamic, and the rules of the road are evocative and precise. At the heart of this story is Jordan Hawkins, an irrepressible young woman whose grief over her brother’s death triggers the risky behavior and impetuous decision-making that will send her down roads she had not meant to travel. Susanne Davis’s Gravity Hill delivers the goods: hers is a heartfelt story of loss and renewal, populated with characters who are flawed, feisty, and entirely sympathetic. The guided tour will take you through the entire home as well as the tunnels and catacombs that line the property underbelly.A remarkable protagonist leads a robust cast in this absorbing tale of self-discovery.- Kirkus Reviews

They guided tours normally take place in October, but you’ll want to check Brumder’s official website for up-to-the-minute information. Visit the Brumder Mansion, built-in 1910, a place that now serves as the location of the highly popular Brumder Mansion Ghost Haunts. Most folks don’t immediately consider ghost hunting when they think of the state of Wisconsin, but there are a few experiences scattered throughout the state that are bound to excite even the dogged of non-believers. The Milbrews Brewers Yeast in Milwaukee has sat abandoned for years, and if you drive through Green Bay you just might see an abandoned dairy barn that sits, rotting and creaking, along the roadside. Nazianz since 1982, and there are multiple abandoned homesteads throughout the state that entertain passersby who happen to drive along their empty roads. Ambrose Church has been empty and eerie in St. There are all sorts of abandoned places in the state of Wisconsin, but we wouldn’t recommend visiting any of them without a licensed guide or tacit permission from the city of location. Locals tell stories about the haunts and visitors to come to perhaps experience a ghostly night away for themselves.Ĭan I visit any abandoned places in Wisconsin? There have been multiple reports of hauntings in the space, from cold spots, strange noises, and eerie figures, to sightings of the founder of the hotel, Charles Pfister. Perhaps the most commonly known and terrifying place in Wisconsin is the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Where is the creepiest place in Wisconsin?
