Women and Ghosts

By: Alison Lurie

Narrated by: Liz Thompson

The author of The War Between the Tates and the Pulitzer prize-winning Foreign Affairs now brings her irresistible wit to the ghost story.

In nine spooky tales, Alison Lurie writes of women haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical: A woman about to marry Mr. Right is visited by the spirit of his first wife; a dead fiancé haunts a foreign service officer every time she has an intimate moment with another man; the ghost of a girl in a Halloween costume disconcerts the perfect housewife. A secretary on a diet begins to see obese people everywhere she looks; a self-conscious poet is shadowed by her intrusive doppelganger; and a capricious, malevolent spirit seems to have inhabited an acquisitive matron's prized piece of furniture.

Delightfully strange and beautifully told, these nine tales show Alison Lurie at her luminous best.

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Repeat listen

I listen to this the way i replay songs i like. I like all the stories so much! The themes are timeless and her writing is fantastic and original and wry and witty.

Yellow wallpaper-esque

I loved these stories. Ghost stories yes, but also encapsulates the ghosts that whisper through our minds as women. A thoroughly satisfying read

predictable story lines

It reminded me of the writing produced in high school English classes (perhsps by all the "budding" authors).