{"product_id":"a-reunion-of-ghosts-judith-claire-mitchell","title":"A Reunion of Ghosts - Judith Claire Mitchell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Reunion of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the shared confessional of three sisters who have decided to kill themselves at the end of the 20th century, honoring the dark legacy that has haunted their extraordinary family for decades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow do three sisters write a single suicide note?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the waning days of 1999, the Alter sisters—Lady, Vee, and Delph—finalize their plans to end their lives. Their reasons are not theirs alone; they are the last in a long line of Alters who have killed themselves, beginning with their great-grandmother, the wife of a Jewish Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed the first poison gas used in World War I and the lethal agent used in Third Reich gas chambers. The chemist himself, their son Richard, and Richard’s children all followed suit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe childless sisters also define themselves by their own bad luck. Lady, the oldest, never really resumed living after her divorce. Vee is facing cancer’s return. And Delph, the youngest, is resigned to a spinster’s life of stifled dreams. But despite their pain they love each other fiercely, and share a darkly brilliant sense of humor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs they gather in the ancestral Upper West Side apartment to close the circle of the Alter curse, an epic story about four generations of one family—inspired in part by the troubled life of German-Jewish Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize winner and inventor of chlorine gas—unfolds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Reunion of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tale of fate and blood, sin and absolution; partly a memoir of sisters unified by a singular burden, partly an unflinching eulogy of those who have gone before, and above all a profound commentary on the events of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e400 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published March 1, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42505261121630,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/arog.jpg?v=1772584405","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/a-reunion-of-ghosts-judith-claire-mitchell","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}