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A compulsively readable literary masterpiece, "A Reunion of Ghosts "is the shared confessional of three sisters who have decided to kill themselves at the end of the twentieth century, honoring the dark legacy that has haunted their extraordinary family for decades."How do three sisters write a single suicide note?"In the waning days of 1999, the Alter sisters Lady, Vee, and Delph finalize their plans to end their lives. Their reasons are not theirs alone; they are the last in a long line of Alters who have killed themselves, beginning with their great-grandmother, the wife of a Jewish Nobel Prize winning chemist who developed the first poison gas used in World War I and the lethal agent used in Third Reich gas chambers. The chemist himself, their son Richard, and Richard s children all followed suit.The childless sisters also define themselves by their own bad luck. Lady, the oldest, never really resumed living after her divorce. Vee is facing cancer s return. And Delph, the youngest, is resigned to a spinster s life of stifled dreams. But despite their pain they love each other fiercely, and share a darkly brilliant sense of humor.As they gather in the ancestral Upper West Side apartment to close the circle of the Alter curse, an epic story about four generations of one family inspired in part by the troubled life of German-Jewish Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize winner and inventor of chlorine gas unfolds. "A Reunion of Ghosts "is a magnificent tale of fate and blood, sin and absolution; partly a memoir of sisters unified by a singular burden, partly an unflinching eulogy of those who have gone before, and above all a profound commentary on the events of the twentieth century."
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A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse. [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt. --Los Angeles Times"
This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers. --Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See"
Judith Claire Mitchell understands what s at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love. --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia"
A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation. --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers"
Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best. --People Book of the Week"
A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse. [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt. --Los Angeles Times"
Judith Claire Mitchell s splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking. --Financial Times"
What s so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell . Darkly witty. --Dallas Morning News"
Mitchell s plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it s the tone of her novel that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time that makes it remarkable. --Columbus Dispatch"
The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations brutally funny ones. --New York Post"
Mitchell s triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose . Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
Mitchell s masterful family saga captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga. --Buffalo News"
Dark but comedic. The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside. --Buzzfeed, "16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring""
My favourite novel of the year so far . A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn t be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already. --Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)"
For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out . This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family. --Booklist"
A clever, modern tale that hearkens back to a host of unusual, lively memorable characters. Darkly humorous. --Library Journal"
"This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers."--Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See
"Judith Claire Mitchell understands what's at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love."--Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia
"A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation."--Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers
"Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best."--People Book of the Week
"A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse.... [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters' history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt."--Los Angeles Times
"Judith Claire Mitchell's splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking."--Financial Times
"What's so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell.... Darkly witty."--Dallas Morning News
"Mitchell's plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it's the tone of her novel--that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time--that makes it remarkable."--Columbus Dispatch
"The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations--brutally funny ones."--New York Post
"Mitchell's triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose.... Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists... [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Mitchell's masterful family saga...captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga."--Buffalo News
"Dark but comedic.... The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside."--Buzzfeed, "16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring"
"My favourite novel of the year so far.... A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already."--Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)
"For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out.... This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family."--Booklist
"A clever, modern tale that...hearkens back to...a host of unusual, lively memorable characters.... Darkly humorous."--Library Journal
-This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers.---Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See
-Judith Claire Mitchell understands what's at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love.---Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia
-A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation.---Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers
-Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best.---People Book of the Week
-A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse.... [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters' history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt.---Los Angeles Times
-Judith Claire Mitchell's splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking.---Financial Times
-What's so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell.... Darkly witty.---Dallas Morning News
-Mitchell's plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it's the tone of her novel--that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time--that makes it remarkable.---Columbus Dispatch
-The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations--brutally funny ones.---New York Post
-Mitchell's triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose.... Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists... [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force.---Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-Mitchell's masterful family saga...captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end.---Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga.---Buffalo News
-Dark but comedic.... The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside.---Buzzfeed, -16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring-
-My favourite novel of the year so far.... A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already.---Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)
-For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out.... This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family.---Booklist
-A clever, modern tale that...hearkens back to...a host of unusual, lively memorable characters.... Darkly humorous.---Library Journal
From the Back Cover:
This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers. --Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See"
Judith Claire Mitchell understands what s at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love. --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia"
A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation. --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers"
Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best. --People Book of the Week"
A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse. [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt. --Los Angeles Times"
Judith Claire Mitchell s splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking. --Financial Times"
What s so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell . Darkly witty. --Dallas Morning News"
Mitchell s plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it s the tone of her novel that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time that makes it remarkable. --Columbus Dispatch"
The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations brutally funny ones. --New York Post"
Mitchell s triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose . Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
Mitchell s masterful family saga captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga. --Buffalo News"
Dark but comedic. The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside. --Buzzfeed, "16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring""
My favourite novel of the year so far . A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn t be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already. --Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)"
For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out . This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family. --Booklist"
A clever, modern tale that hearkens back to a host of unusual, lively memorable characters. Darkly humorous. --Library Journal"
"This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers."--Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See
"Judith Claire Mitchell understands what's at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love."--Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia
"A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation."--Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers
"Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best."--People Book of the Week
"A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse.... [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters' history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt."--Los Angeles Times
"Judith Claire Mitchell's splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking."--Financial Times
"What's so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell.... Darkly witty."--Dallas Morning News
"Mitchell's plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it's the tone of her novel--that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time--that makes it remarkable."--Columbus Dispatch
"The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations--brutally funny ones."--New York Post
"Mitchell's triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose.... Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists... [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Mitchell's masterful family saga...captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga."--Buffalo News
"Dark but comedic.... The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside."--Buzzfeed, "16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring"
"My favourite novel of the year so far.... A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already."--Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)
"For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out.... This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family."--Booklist
"A clever, modern tale that...hearkens back to...a host of unusual, lively memorable characters.... Darkly humorous."--Library Journal
-This is a triumphant, beautiful, and devastating novel about coincidences, family, and the sins of our fathers.---Anthony Doerr, New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See
-Judith Claire Mitchell understands what's at the marrow of our funny bones: that humor lives in darkness, that our families are our curses and our blessings, that great pain can beget great warmth and love.---Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia
-A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious, shot through with love and death and the scars that reappear generation after generation.---Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers
-Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best.---People Book of the Week
-A Reunion of Ghosts is a darkly comic, multigenerational meditation on a family curse.... [It] balances gallows humor with the seriousness of the sisters' history and is a memorable and meticulous exploration of personal responsibility and borrowed guilt.---Los Angeles Times
-Judith Claire Mitchell's splendidly dark and comic novel A Reunion of Ghosts. . . is a very funny book but it is also tender, sombre and thought-provoking.---Financial Times
-What's so funny about three sisters bent on committing suicide? Plenty, in the imagination of Judith Claire Mitchell.... Darkly witty.---Dallas Morning News
-Mitchell's plot, which twists in unexpected but believable ways and opens up just when it seems as if it can only close in, is thoroughly satisfying, but it's the tone of her novel--that ability to savor joy and sorrow at the same time--that makes it remarkable.---Columbus Dispatch
-The novel is written like a long, group suicide note filled with personal and family revelations--brutally funny ones.---New York Post
-Mitchell's triumphant second novel explores love, identity, and the burdens of history in coruscating, darkly comic prose.... Moving nimbly through time and balancing her weightier themes with the sharply funny, fiercely unsentimental perspectives of her three protagonists... [it] is poignant and pulsing with life force.---Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-Mitchell's masterful family saga...captures the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) with deep empathy and profound wit. For the Alters, life has been a seemingly endless series of tragedies; for us, the tragedy is that this stunning novel inevitably comes to an end.---Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-[A] quirky, profound, tragic, morbidly comical family saga.---Buffalo News
-Dark but comedic.... The wit of the three sisters alone will inspire you as much as the warming weather outside.---Buzzfeed, -16 Awesome New Books To Read This Spring-
-My favourite novel of the year so far.... A literary mash-up of The Virgin Suicides and Grey Gardens. I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola are slugging it out for the film rights already.---Sam Baker, Harper's Bazaar online (UK)
-For the Alter sisters, living with the guilt of the generations, there is only one way out.... This novel is a carefully crafted, thought-provoking examination of history past and present as seen through the eyes of a complex yet humble family.---Booklist
-A clever, modern tale that...hearkens back to...a host of unusual, lively memorable characters.... Darkly humorous.---Library Journal
A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST
"The Alter sisters are mordant, wry, and crystalline in wit and vision; it is a tremendous pleasure to rocket through generations of their family histories with them." --Lauren Groff, New York Timesbestselling author of Fates and Furies, The Monsters of Templeton, and Arcadia
In the waning days of 1999, the last of the Alters--three damaged but wisecracking sisters who share an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side--decide it's time to close the circle of the family curse by taking their own lives. But first, Lady, Vee, and Delph must explain the origins of that curse and how it has manifested throughout the preceding generations. Unspooling threads of history, personal memory, and family lore, they weave a mesmerizing account that stretches back a century to their great-grandfather, a brilliant scientist whose professional triumph became the terrible legacy that defines them. A suicide note crafted by three bright, funny women, A Reunion of Ghosts is the final chapter of a saga lifetimes in the making--one that is inexorably intertwined with the story of the twentieth century itself.
"Mitchell explores the mixed-blessing bonds of family with wry wit. This original tale is black comedy at its best."--People Book of the Week
"A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious."--Emma Straub, New York Timesbestselling author
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