Giving Up the Ghost

Giving up the Ghost by Adam Lindsay Honsinger is a novel that follows a family grappling with the repercussions (real and imagined) of the unresolved trauma that has sent each of them spiralling into their own separate orbits. Taking place primarily in the three days leading up to the anniversary of his son’s death, Dr. Vanderlay Stone self-medicates his way through a series of events that ultimately leaves his life in ruins. His estranged wife, Aria, whose grief has left her questioning he...