The Ghost at the Table: A Novel - Softcover

Berne, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565125797 ISBN 13: 9781565125797

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2007

Synopsis

Strikingly different since childhood and leading dissimilar lives now, sisters Frances and Cynthia have managed to remain "devoted"--as long as they stay on opposite coasts. When Frances arranges to host Thanksgiving at her idyllic New England farmhouse, she envisions a happy family reunion, one that will include the sisters' long-estranged father. Cynthia, however, doesn't understand how Frances can ignore the past their father's presence revives, a past that includes suspicions about their mother's death twenty-five years earlier.

As Thanksgiving Day arrives, with a houseful of guests looking forward to dinner, the sisters continue to struggle with different versions of a shared past, their conflict escalating to a dramatic, suspenseful climax.

About this title

Review:

"Intellectually and emotionally stimulating...recalling the world of Joyce Carol Oates or of Anne Tyler, if she were ominous....Fresh and intriguing."
--San Francisco Chronicle

From the Back Cover:

When Frances arranges to host Thanksgiving at her idyllic New England farmhouse, she envisions a happy family reunion, one that will include her sister, Cynthia, and their estranged father. But tension mounts as the sisters discover that each has a different version of their shared past.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1565125797
• ISBN 13: 9781565125797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304