Polly's ghost, drawn into and out of the unfolding stories of her son and other people, follows her own path, away from a tormented ghostliness and toward an abundant peace.
Julia Glass says, "Startling and fresh this novel certainly is. It bushwhacks, in hilarious detail, through private female terrain. Beautiful, moving, and exquisitely strange."

Abby Frucht is the author of five novels, including Snap, Licorice, Fruit of the Month, Are You Mine?, Life Before Death, and Polly's Ghost. The recipient of a New Voices Award, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and the Iowa Short Fiction prize, she teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts.