Songs for Ghosts

<p><b>''</b>A beautiful and highly original voice''<i> <b>Observer</b></i><br><b>''</b>A deeply satisfying read'' <i><b>Irish Times</b></i><br><b>''</b>Pure captivation from one of Ireland’s rising talents'' <i><b>Irish Examiner</b></i><br><b><br>From <i>Catfish Rolling''s</i> Clara Kumagai, a second novel full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini''s <i>Madame Butterfly</i>.</b><br><br>Turn the page, strike a chord.<br><br>There are restless ghosts to be appeased...<br><br>When Japanese-American teenager, Adam, discovers a diary in his attic, he is enthralled by its account of a young Japanese woman’s life. A hundred years separate them yet she, like Adam, is caught between cultures, relationships and heartbreak.<br><br>She also writes of the ghosts that have begun to seek her out, which Adam dismisses as fantasy – until he too, begins to be haunted. It leads him to Nagasaki, trying to solve the mystery of the diary, and his own identity.<br><br>And the ghosts gather...</p>