Macdougal Street Ghosts: a Novel

Following her success as an Academy Award-nominated screenplay writer (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD) and highly praised memoirist, Hesper Anderson pens an evocative novel that reinforces her reputation as a compelling storyteller. Long divorced and her children grown, Callie Epstein is packing her house to move to Northern California. Uncovering a box of long forgotten home movies, she sits back to watch her family's life unfold again before her eyes, reliving the best - and the worst - years of her life. Callie's memories take her to the centre of Greenwich Village, an enclave of green that's called the MacDougal Gardens. A block long, it can only be reached by the sixteen houses that border it. It's the late sixties, and women like Callie are discovering The Feminine Mystique and The Sexual Response of the Human Female. Feeling trapped in a passionless marriage, Callie begins an affair with a neighbour that will send her across the country on a journey of self-discovery and a search for real independence.