num_pages: 304
description: Praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic for its elegant and sensuous prose, "Talking to the Dead" tells the story of two sisters whose lives are bound by the hidden and surprising truth about the long-ago death of their infant brother.
language: English
title: Talking to the Dead
titlecomplete: Talking to the Dead
characters: Isabel, Nina Oberon, Richard Cole
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Novels, Family, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Death, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 1316
publisher: Back Bay Books