A reunion of ghosts a novel
"In the vein of such classic family sagas as Fall on Your Knees, A Reunion of Ghosts is the confessional of three sisters who have decided to kill themselves on the very last day of the 20th century; in it they tell the story of a family haunted by suicide ever since the sisters' great-gra...
| Main Author: | Mitchell, Judith Claire, 1952- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
"In the vein of such classic family sagas as Fall on Your Knees, A Reunion of Ghosts is the confessional of three sisters who have decided to kill themselves on the very last day of the 20th century; in it they tell the story of a family haunted by suicide ever since the sisters' great-grandfather, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, developed the first poison gas used in warfare and also the lethal agent used in the Third Reich's gas chambers--inspired in part by the troubled life of Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize winner and inventor of mustard gas"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
382 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780062355881 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 0062355880 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780062355898 (softcover : acid-free paper) 0062355899 (softcover : acid-free paper) |