Ghosts

Ghosts is the third novel from North Carolina-based writer Kevin Flinn. It’s based upon Henrik Ibsen’s classic tragedy, a scathing commentary on 19th century morality. Flinn’s adaptation sets the action in northwest Pennsylvania in 1910. While the widow Helen Alving puts the finishing touches on the orphanage that will serve as a memorial to her late husband, her estranged son Oswald returns home from San Francisco. Oswald and his ideas about love and marriage clash with those of the devout Father Manders, Mrs. Alving’s spiritual advisor and partner in the orphanage. During the course of one rainy evening, the Alvings, their priest, maid and carpenter delve deeply into the nature of truth, family, and the ghosts that surround them.