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Book Review: “The Paying Guests” — Sarah Waters Serves Up More of History’s Ghosts

We all have ghosts, the author seems to say. And in a larger sense, Sarah Waters’s ghosts are those of country and culture, her books a catalogue of the social changes shaking England from the Victorian era on.

By: Clea Simon Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Clea Simon, fiction, Ghost story, Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

Book Review: “The Greatcoat” – A Great Ghost Story?

I can say, without equivocation, that Helen Dunmore’s novel “The Greatcoat” is no “The Turn of the Screw.”

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Ghost story, Helen Dunmore, The Greatcoat

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