I can't believe I haven't spoken about A Reunion of Ghosts yet! I have talked about it to everyone I know, so it seems like I should have posted about it, but alas I was remiss. Forgive me and then PLEASE go download it from Edelweiss. Love this one! A great read.
In the vein of the family saga Fall on Your Knees, A Reunion of Ghosts is the confessional of three sisters who have decided to commit suicide on the very last day of the 20th century. This novel is their memoir in which they reveal 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. The great-grandfather who haunts the generations was inspired in part by the troubled life of Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize winner and inventor of mustard gas.
The sisters have all agreed to write the book together, and as they share their individual stories and perspectives, their unique but harmonious voices unveil a sad but fascinating family legacy. I highly recommend it!
– Annie