DEAR GUEST AND GHOST

by Sylvia Dee ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 4, 1950

Not with the grace and charm of The Ghost And Mrs. Muir but with a more earthy and commonplace quality, this tells of the haunting of unimpressive, run of the mill housewife, Mrs. Helmakobbler, who, in the family's move from New York City to Staten Island, acquires a true friend in a Leicester, inhabitant of other worlds but lively in his interest in the present. Through him Mrs. Helmakobbler is able to put up with a husband who is fatuous in his joke-making, a prig of a daughter and a be-bop, slangy young son. And with his help she gets the daughter married, her son becomes famous as a painter (Leicester enlists Vincent Van Gogh's aid for Stevy's talent), and her husband eased off his dull jokes. There is the contretemps of an alcoholic who sees Leicester, a visiting sister who does not and who is continually mystified, and assorted mishaps which end in a move to Minneapolis -- where Mrs. Helmakobbler's life is made perfect when Leicester follows her. Amusing enough treatment of a popular theme -- but Mrs. Muir and her ghost had more quality.

Pub Date: April 4, 1950

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1950

Categories: FICTION