Penelope J. Stokes
She has written a book with what I thought was an intriguing title — THE BLUE BOTTLE CLUB. I had been browsing in booksfree.com and saw this. It is the tale of 4 teenage girls who, at Christmas, vowed to be friends and support each other ‘forever.’ On a piece of paper, they each wrote down their dreams and put the papers in a cobalt blue bottle and then put the bottle on a rafter in the attic of the girl’s home where they had been pledging their devotion to one another. Sixty-five years later, the house is being demolished and one of the workers presents a cobalt blue bottle to the reporter. Letitia, whose home is being demolished, is still living in the area and Brendan Delaney, the reporter, goes to visit her. From that time on, the chase is her primary focus.
Stokes has developed her characters in a very believable manner and I was immediately drawn to the story. She has written other books and I will definitely search them out, too.
I can heartily recommend this tale.