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ALICE SEES GHOSTS

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Pub Date Oct 20 2026 | Archive Date Nov 30 2026


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Description

Alice Bloodshaw's grandmother lies dying in their crumbling ancestral home. Family relationships are fraught, and worsened by the mercurial behavior of Alice's mother. Then Alice, eccentric and attuned to the supernatural, is haunted by the specter of her grandfather. His cryptic message sends Alice and her Bengali psychiatrist fiancé, practical-minded Ronit, on a journey from New England to India and back again to unearth the long-buried truths that have choked and tormented the family. Only by untangling the past and confronting the effects of aristocracy, secrecy, and colonialism can Alice begin to mend family ties and stop living as a ghost herself to build a new, solid future

Alice Bloodshaw's grandmother lies dying in their crumbling ancestral home. Family relationships are fraught, and worsened by the mercurial behavior of Alice's mother. Then Alice, eccentric and...


A Note From the Publisher

Daisy Rockwell is a painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in Vermont. Her translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (Tilted Axis Press, 2021; HarperVia, 2022) won the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Daisy Rockwell is a painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in Vermont. Her translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (Tilted Axis Press, 2021; HarperVia, 2022)...


Advance Praise

"A gripping saga that excavates the dark, all too human, secrets of a family straddling two continents, Alice Sees Ghosts combines cold psychological probing with deep compassion; pathos with humour. The felicity of Daisy’s wordsmithing gives the narrative a unique personality and the reader wants to read on and on. And when it ends, entirely unexpectedly, on a happily-ever-after note, it leaves us with a humane alternative to the atomizing biological family of our day." - Gitanjali Shree, author of Tomb of Sand and winner of an International Booker Prize

"Magical, unexpected and beguiling. Finding family can take you a long way from home – but also bring you back to it in the most magical way. Daisy Rockwell’s dreamlike novel is an invitation to a quest brimming with friendly ghosts and unexpected discoveries." - Nilanjana Roy, award-winning author of The Wildings and The Hundred Names of Darkness

"A delicious ghost story, a satisfyingly complex and dark-edged family saga, and a moving, often funny, novel about love. I enjoyed it from beginning to end." - Anjum Hasan, award-winning author of History's Angel

"A gripping saga that excavates the dark, all too human, secrets of a family straddling two continents, Alice Sees Ghosts combines cold psychological probing with deep compassion; pathos with humour...


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Working with MidasPR for trade reviews, book clubs, first serials, essay placement, and more.

Releasing teasers, including audio, via publisher Substack newsletter.

Booking author for speaking events...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798995949800
PRICE $24.99 (USD)
PAGES 322

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