Review
'A lyrical account of two sisters experiencing the best and the worst of adolescence' Image 'Exciting, highly-visual ... only McEwen's brilliance with detail could bring it before our eyes so vividly ... Ghost Girl has that gift of making you feel you're there' Sunday Express 'Like the implausibly intense flavour of wild strawberries, Helena McEwen's imagery takes you deliciously by surprise. Ghost Girl is an exercise in delicacy and precision. Its assured, painterly rhythms feather excitement in the pit of your stomach' Sunday Herald 'This seductive lyricism transforms the everyday into something exquisite ... Compellingly written, this is a sensitive depiction of the trials and tribulations of growing up' Time Out
Book Description
Cath is 13 years old and the new girl at a convent. She is afraid of the nuns, unused to the restrictions and terrified of God. She finds refuge in nature and her friend Olive's vision of the universe.
Very is Cath's sister. She's in art school and lives a wild, chaotic life. During the holidays Cath stays with Very and together the sisters navigate the dangers of London.
Suffused with colour and sensuality and written with a spare, controlled lyricism, Ghost Girl is an evocative novel about the pain and exhilaration of youth.
