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Songs for ghosts
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- Book Synopsis
- 'A beautiful and highly original voice' Observer 'A deeply satisfying read' Irish Times 'Pure captivation from one of Ireland's rising talents' Irish Examiner From Catfish Rolling's Clara Kumagai, a second novel full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly. Turn the page, strike a chord. There are restless ghosts to be appeased... 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. 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. And the ghosts gather...
- About The Author
- Clara Kumagai is from Ireland, Japan and Canada. Catfish Rolling, her debut novel, was a 2024 YOTO Carnegie Medal nominee, and winner of the 2024 KPMG Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year. Her second novel, Songs for Ghosts, was published in March 2025. She lives and writes in Ireland. clarakumagai.com Instagram:@clarakiyoko
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781803288093
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Zephyr, (12 March 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 449
- Weight
- 320 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 126 x 34 mm
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