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The Ghost at the Table

A Novel

Paperback , 304 pages  (also available in Electronic book text)
ISBN: 9781565125797 (1565125797)
Published by Algonquin Books
$13.95(US)

Reviews

"Delicious. . . . Berne turns a witty tale of holiday dysfunction into a transfixing borderline gothic, her appealing heroine into an unreliable narrator seething with decades-old resentment. . . .A."—Entertainment Weekly

"Wholly engaging, the perfect spark for launching a rich conversation around your own table."—The Washington Post Book World

"A crash course in sibling rivalry."—O: The Oprah Magazine

"Suzanne Berne's novel is perfect reading. . . . Compelling."—USA Today

"In Berne's complex emotional minuet, no one is blameless....With ferocious focus and narrative drive, Berne lets that gate swing wide open."
Elle

"Intellectually and emotionally stimulating...recalling the world of Joyce Carol Oates or of Anne Tyler, if she were ominous....Fresh and intriguing."
San Francisco Chronicle

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