Sun, sea and spectres

摘要

OUT with the cliches of cold draughts and creaking doors. Contemporary novelists are refocusing the ghost story, revelling in its potential for psychological drama. "Grief Cottage" by Gail Godwin, a prolific American writer, is a quiet, hopeful ghost story-a wistful reflection on loss, loneliness, coming of age and coming to terms with the past.