- FICTION / Historical, World War, 1914-1918, Ghost stories, Veterans
"In 1920s England, a young woman of limited means and even less experience confronts the ghost of a mysterious serving maid.... Sarah Piper's lonely threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Simone St. James
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 431
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audio, Inc., Thorndike Press, New American Library
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593441350
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