Review: GIRL LOVES GHOST
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
Suppose your mother was thei life of the party, a beautiful blonde, impeccable dresser, whose favorite sport is to put you down every chance she got. What kind of person would you turn out to be?Jennifer is a brunette who considers herself unattractive in every way. When her mother dies she inherits a sizeable life insurance policy and a house she didn't know her mother owned.If she makes wise investments, she'll be able to live off the interest from the money she gets from the policy. It will help a lot that she won't have to pay rent or mortgage-if the house is liveable.Jennifer doesn't know that the first owner has chased off any person who's tried to live in HIS house for the past hundred years.For her he makes an exception. At first you readers will think it's because she has the same taste in art as he did, but it goes far deeper.Paul even appears to Jennifer and is pleased when she offers him a cup of tea. He's also pleased at the invention of the tea bag. At first he seems to offer a tentative friendship, but not until the end of the book will you understand his true feelings.Jennifer takes to country living. She learns to grow and can her own food, stretching her $ even more. A friend has loaned her two dogs who need to run. Jen just needs to return them when it's time to sire new batches of puppies. Since she has no car, she purchases a 10 speed to go to town for her shopping.Do you know what this kind of living can do for your complexion when your typical day used to be spent in an office? Hello fresh air and sunshine = peaches and cream! No make up needed!!This is a fast read with emphasis on friendship, both human to human and human to otherworldly. A person who isn't quite a friend explains that Jennifer's mother wasn't being honest with her.For the first time, she listens. She needed to know a long time ago.You have to read the ending to believe it.