This one was difficult to get through. The characters’ overly dramatic (and at times physiological) reactions brought to mind both Jane Eyre and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. It was a romantic mystery in which a dying author enlists the help of a book seller’s daughter to write her biography. She is known for not telling the truth; so Margaret, her biographer, has a challenge ahead. It think what bothered me most was the drama in all the situations. The author, Vida, and her twin appeared most of the time to be insane (as did the parents) and their whole world made little sense (likely the use of all the fiction the woman made her life into). I almost could not believe that this odd little twin could develop into the eccentric author.
Though this book is called a ghost story sometimes it is really not. The ghosts are only in the characters’ souls.
Use with Students: This is really an adult book or a free read for an interested high schooler.
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