The Ghost Lover - Softcover

Gillian Greenwood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719568730 ISBN 13: 9780719568732

Publisher: Hodder Pb, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author

Gillian Greenwood is a former editor of the Literary Review. She has also been Series Editor of BBC 1's Omnibus, and Executive Producer of the South Bank Show. She lives in London.

Review

In her fifties and single, Josie Price, the protagonist of Gillian Greenwood's second novel, is a textbook example of a woman who is simultaneously dependent and depended on. From her student days, she has been bound into the personal and business relationships of the Haddeley family, as a clever, good-looking observer and amanuensis whose innocence has been compromised. On closer look, the tainting of Josie is unsurprising. Operating a slightly shady international antiquities business, the Haddeleys are louche, occasionally menacing and certainly amoral, and those swept into their orbit tend to end up damaged. Deeply attached to Alice, Kit Haddeley's unstable wife who died young, Josie (and the family) are shocked when a young man turns up claiming to be Alice's son. None of them are equipped to deal wisely with the situation -- and they don't. Smart and quietly assured, this sharply observed drama of the flawed and the spoilt, and their milieu, exerts an unobtrusive grip * Sunday Times * 'Deft and amusing...Greenwood makes one turn the pages' * Times Literary Supplement * 'A fiercely powerful story,' * Good Housekeeping * Praise for The Ghost Lover: 'Greenwood is a highly talented writer ... a superbly imagined and transfixing storyline ... she has woven wonders with this genuinely rich work' * The Lady * 'Greenwood slowly reveals, in careful, considered prose, the ever-changing dynamics of contentment, and discloses, with the help of a shocking twist, how happiness happens' * Daily Mail * 'With deft plotting, a light touch and plenty of writerly observation about modern mores, Greenwood delivers an entertaining first novel' * Guardian * 'This is obviously a story Greenwood wants to tell; she loves her troupe of players and has realised them all in a deft, careful way . . . a gentle, interesting tale and an accomplished debut' * Evening Standard * 'An entertaining and beautifully constructed first novel . . . It is completely satisfying. Take this book to the beach, but read it in the shade' * Observer * 'A seriously good comedy of manners' * Melvyn Bragg * Praise for Gillian Greenwood's first novel, Satisfaction * --- * In her fifties and single, Josie Price, the protagonist of Gillian Greenwood's second novel, is a textbook example of a woman who is simultaneously dependent and depended on. From her student days, she has been bound into the personal and business relationships of the Haddeley family, as a clever, good-looking observer and amanuensis whose innocence has been compromised. On closer look, the tainting of Josie is unsurprising. Operating a slightly shady international antiquities business, the Haddeleys are louche, occasionally menacing and certainly amoral, and those swept into their orbit tend to end up damaged. Deeply attached to Alice, Kit Haddeley's unstable wife who died young, Josie (and the family) are shocked when a young man turns up claiming to be Alice's son. None of them are equipped to deal wisely with the situation -- and they don't. Smart and quietly assured, this sharply observed drama of the flawed and the spoilt, and their milieu, exerts an unobtrusive grip * Sunday Times * 'Deft and amusing...Greenwood makes one turn the pages' * Times Literary Supplement * 'A fiercely powerful story,' * Good Housekeeping * Praise for The Ghost Lover: 'Greenwood is a highly talented writer ... a superbly imagined and transfixing storyline ... she has woven wonders with this genuinely rich work' * The Lady * 'Greenwood slowly reveals, in careful, considered prose, the ever-changing dynamics of contentment, and discloses, with the help of a shocking twist, how happiness happens' * Daily Mail * 'With deft plotting, a light touch and plenty of writerly observation about modern mores, Greenwood delivers an entertaining first novel' * Guardian * 'This is obviously a story Greenwood wants to tell; she loves her troupe of players and has realised them all in a deft, careful way . . . a gentle, interesting tale and an accomplished debut' * Evening Standard * 'An entertaining and beautifully constructed first novel . . . It is completely satisfying. Take this book to the beach, but read it in the shade' * Observer * 'A seriously good comedy of manners' * Melvyn Bragg * Praise for Gillian Greenwood's first novel, Satisfaction * --- *

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Pb
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0719568730
• ISBN 13: 9780719568732
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English