{"product_id":"books-women-and-ghosts-by-alison-lurie","title":"Women and Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eThe War Between the Tates\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer prize-winning \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e now brings her irresistible wit to the ghost story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nine spooky tales, Alison Lurie writes of women haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical: A woman about to marry Mr. Right is visited by the spirit of his first wife; a dead fiance haunts a foreign service officer every time she has an intimate moment with another man; the ghost of a girl in a Halloween costume disconcerts the perfect housewife. A secretary on a diet begins to see obese people everywhere she looks; a self-conscious poet is shadowed by her intrusive doppelganger; and a capricious, malevolent spirit seems to have inhabited an acquisitive matron's prized piece of furniture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelightfully strange and beautifully told, these nine tales show Alison Lurie at her luminous best. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481097101585,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385518314.jpg?v=1777555928","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/books-women-and-ghosts-by-alison-lurie","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}