{"product_id":"the-hairbrush-and-the-shoe-a-true-ghost-story-9781684630349","title":"The Hairbrush and the Shoe: A True Ghost Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a workman is pushed and hissed at by something invisible on the  stairs of her family’s 150-year-old townhouse, Jeanne Stanton must  confront the possibility that a ghost inhabits. She proceeds in the way  any former Harvard Business School case writer would: she embarks upon a  rigorous search for proof of the ghost’s existence and identity,  exploring the literature and lore of ghosts; the practices of mediums,  psychics, and “ghost busters;” and the various attempts that have been  made over the decades to verify ghostly sounds and sights through  scientific methods. After visits to a psychic provide insights but not  proof, Stanton enters the equally mysterious realms of physics and  neurology, hoping science has answers.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Notables encountered during her research efforts include Henry James,  Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Sacks, and Sigmund Freud, the latter a  colleague of her home’s original owner. Wry and witty, Stanton takes  time out to laugh at her own futile attempts at ghost detection—spending  a sleepless night in an allegedly haunted bedroom, creeping along the  edges of rooms in search of cold spots—along the way. Determined to get  to the bottom of the ghost business, Stanton wavers between skepticism  and belief, searching for definitive evidence—and almost failing to find  it. Almost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“. . . an eerie and intriguing probe into the supernatural realm . . .”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eManhattan Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 stars","brand":"SparkPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53189649138007,"sku":"9781684630349","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hairbrush-and-the-shoe-a-true-ghost-story-9781684630349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}