The Hungry Ghosts

Anne Berry

I did not think I could believe in a book half narrated by a ghost - but the characters described are so real that I found their search for fulfilment both painfully true and enthralling. The turbulent times in Colonial Hong Kong are echoed through the emotions of a dysfunctional family who are as restless as the ghosts of the title.

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