Please wait... This may take a moment.
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Oct 4 2016
| Archive Date
Sep 30 2016
Description
Eighteen-year-old Regina McBride is haunted by the ghosts of her parents. Her father visits her—he is desperate, but she doesn’t know how to help him. Her mother is a quiet figure, obscured by light—a flash at the foot of the bed. Regina, raised Irish Catholic and with the ironclad belief that some sins are unforgivable, fears her parents are trapped between worlds, forever punished after they committed suicide within a few months of each other.
Terrorized by these visitations and flattened by grief, Regina slowly begins her hazardous journey to recovery. Lyrical and lovely, harrowing and haunting, Ghost Songs charts her struggle to separate madness from imagination and sorrow from devastation. From New York to the desert of New Mexico to the shores of Ireland, Regina searches for herself, her home, and a way to return to the family that remains. Ghost Songs is an exploration of memory, a meditation on love and loss, and, in the end, a celebration of life and the living.
Eighteen-year-old Regina McBride is haunted by the ghosts of her parents. Her father visits her—he is desperate, but she doesn’t know how to help him. Her mother is a quiet figure, obscured by...
Description
Eighteen-year-old Regina McBride is haunted by the ghosts of her parents. Her father visits her—he is desperate, but she doesn’t know how to help him. Her mother is a quiet figure, obscured by light—a flash at the foot of the bed. Regina, raised Irish Catholic and with the ironclad belief that some sins are unforgivable, fears her parents are trapped between worlds, forever punished after they committed suicide within a few months of each other.
Terrorized by these visitations and flattened by grief, Regina slowly begins her hazardous journey to recovery. Lyrical and lovely, harrowing and haunting, Ghost Songs charts her struggle to separate madness from imagination and sorrow from devastation. From New York to the desert of New Mexico to the shores of Ireland, Regina searches for herself, her home, and a way to return to the family that remains. Ghost Songs is an exploration of memory, a meditation on love and loss, and, in the end, a celebration of life and the living.
A Note From the Publisher
IndieNext nominations due by 8/5. LibraryReads nominations due by 8/20.
IndieNext nominations due by 8/5. LibraryReads nominations due by 8/20.
Advance Praise
“In Regina McBride's Ghost Songs, there is a mysterious alchemy at play. With a subtle hand, McBride transforms personal horror into poetic myth. In writing this story that happened to her in real time, she creates a book that feels timeless. I was under its spell from word one.” - Alice Sebold, author of LUCKY
“It’s a wonder to me that after reading this book of such intense pain and deep sorrow that I felt—and know I’ll continue to feel—peace and hope. Regina McBride has written a beautiful memoir in which ghosts—individual and compound—can, like the living, be transformed from that which we fear to that which we might accept and love.” - Michael Thomas, author of MAN GONE DOWN.
“In Regina McBride's Ghost Songs, there is a mysterious alchemy at play. With a subtle hand, McBride transforms personal horror into poetic myth. In writing this story that happened to her in real...
Advance Praise
“In Regina McBride's Ghost Songs, there is a mysterious alchemy at play. With a subtle hand, McBride transforms personal horror into poetic myth. In writing this story that happened to her in real time, she creates a book that feels timeless. I was under its spell from word one.” - Alice Sebold, author of LUCKY
“It’s a wonder to me that after reading this book of such intense pain and deep sorrow that I felt—and know I’ll continue to feel—peace and hope. Regina McBride has written a beautiful memoir in which ghosts—individual and compound—can, like the living, be transformed from that which we fear to that which we might accept and love.” - Michael Thomas, author of MAN GONE DOWN.
Marketing Plan
Original Paperback.
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781941040430 |
| PRICE |
$15.95 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781941040430 |
| PRICE |
$15.95 (USD)
|
Average rating from 11 members
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Paper Ghosts
Sarah Addison Allen
General Fiction (Adult), Sci Fi & Fantasy, Women's Fiction
The Frenzy
Joyce Carol Oates
General Fiction (Adult)
Tillinghast
Clare Cavenagh
General Fiction (Adult), Horror
Devil Inside
Clay McLeod Chapman
General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
The Intrigue
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
