A Reunion Of Ghosts, Judith Claire Mitchell
A Reunion Of Ghosts, Judith Claire Mitchell
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A Reunion Of Ghosts
A Novel

Author: Judith Claire Mitchell

Narrator: Kirsten Potter, William Charlton

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 03/24/2015

Synopsis

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 ArcadiaIn 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

About Judith Claire Mitchell

Judith Claire Mitchell, author of the novel The Last Day of the War, is an English professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Mitchell has received fellowships from the James A. Michener/Copernicus Society, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, Wisconsin Arts Board, and elsewhere. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on March 15, 2023

The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children to the 3rd and 4th generationsThree sisters plan to see out the millennium together, really see it out. The agree to a mutual suicide pact (life has not been particularly kind), to be carried out as midnight approaches on December 31, 1999. (......more

Goodreads review by Blair on March 11, 2015

A Reunion of Ghosts (according to one character, that's the collective noun for ghosts) is the 'shared suicide note' of three middle-aged sisters, Lady, Vee, and Delph. They're the end of the family line (with apologies to Morrissey); the last remaining descendants of Lenz Alter, a Jewish scientist......more

Goodreads review by Mauoijenn on September 25, 2015

I won an ARC copy from GR giveaways!! This was a great family saga with twists and unexpected turns. Three sisters that believe they are cursed have come up with a great plan... go out by suicide, together. Writing a joined suicide note with the details of the "cursed family" and how they have come t......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on April 26, 2015

Reunion of Ghosts is a witty dark humor story of three sisters who firmly believe they are cursed by family history: the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children to the 3rd and 4th generations. In this case, their Great Grandfather Lenz Alter is the beginning of the sister’s curse. In her a......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on October 11, 2015

A Reunion of Ghosts is dark yet hilarious look at family. Written as a long collective suicide note by three sisters. It is a darkly humorous story of how we can never quite escape where and who we come from. I enjoyed the book... after awhile. So many characters and the shifting between times, plac......more

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