{"product_id":"the-ghost-at-the-table-9781565125797","title":"The Ghost at the Table","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerne, Suzanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Suzanne Berne is the author of three novels, the first of which, \u003ci\u003eA Crime in the Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, won great Britain's Orange Prize. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her family near Boston and teaches at Boston College.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873602146578,"sku":"9781565125797","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f93c0348-1c7b-49d0-936e-d82c037088fb.jpg?v=1737943226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ghost-at-the-table-9781565125797","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}