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Description
Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Lara Lington: The lead character and the one who is seeing a ghost. Her great aunt Sadie.
- Sadie Lancester: The Ghost.
- Ed: Sadie's love interest.
Memorable Quotes
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“The worst thing a girl can do is trial after a boy when a love affair is dead.”
Sadie -
“I am so, so, so sick of people telling me to give up. My parents, Natalie, that old woman i got talking to on the bus once... Why should I give up? Why does everyone keep telling me to give up? What's wrong with sticking to one single goal? In every other area of life, perseverance is encouraged! It's rewarded! I mean, they didn't tell Edison to give up on lightbulbs, did they? They didn't tell Scott to forget about the South Pole! He refused to give up, and he made it!”
Lara
First Sentence
The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.
Table of Contents
Glossary
- barney-mugging: a slang word from the 1920s, meaning to have sex
Authors & Contributors
- Sophie Kinsella (Author)
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