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Ghost Lover

Nine stories about love, obsessions and grief

Nine stories about love, obsessions and grief

Ghost Lover

Lisa Taddeo

Ghost Lover

Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honour. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life's responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it.

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Nine riveting stories, that bring to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love and the mania of grief.

About the author

Lisa Taddeo spent eight years and thousands of hours tracking the women whose stories comprise Three Women, moving to the towns they lived in to better understand their lives. She has contributed to New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour and many other publications. Her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She lives with her husband and daughter in Connecticut.

Why we like it

In one of the short stories, Taddeo writes: ‘The famous actress wondered if any woman had ever been happy for any other woman in the history of the world.’ Reading Ghost Lover, we wondered the exact same thing. Of the nine stories collected here, all are a dark exploration of female relationships in various forms, warped and twisted by the expectations of society and the men around them.

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