Ghosts of Bergen County

Name: Ghosts of Bergen County
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ISBN: 9781941040270

Dana Cann

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Phonic Books
26 April 2016

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic horror & ghost stories; Fiction: special features

Set in New York City and New Jersey on the cusp of the financial crisis, Ghosts of Bergen County is a literary mystery with supernatural elements.

Gil Ferko is a private-equity lieutenant who commutes to Manhattan from the New Jersey suburbs. His wife, Mary Beth, has become a shut-in since a hit-and-run accident killed their infant daughter. When Ferko reconnects withJen Yoder, a former high school classmate, Jen introduces him to heroin. As his dependency on the drug grows, his downward spiral puts his life in danger and his career in jeopardy. Mary Beth has also found an escape-first in prescription drugs that numb her senses, then in the companionship of a mysterious girl who heightens them. A ghost? Mary Beth believes so. And Jen is also haunted. Years ago she witnessed a man she had just met fall from a rooftop. She walked away from the accident and has been haunted since by the question of why she did so. As her quest to rectify that mistake starts to collide with the mystery of the hit-and-run driver who killed Ferko and Mary Beth's daughter, all of the characters are forced to face the fine line between fate and happenstance. Dana Cann's debut novel is atautly paced and intricately plotted story in which collective burdens manifest into hauntings.

By: Dana Cann
Imprint: Phonic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 414g
ISBN: 9781941040270
ISBN 10: 1941040276
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dana Cann was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, where he currently lives with his wife and their two teenage children. His short stories have been published in The Sun, The Massachusetts Review, The Gettysburg Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, The Florida Review, and Blackbird, among other journals. He's received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Cann earned his MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University. He works in corporate restructuring and finance, and teaches fiction workshops at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Reviews for Ghosts of Bergen County

<em>Ghosts of Bergen County</em>is addictive! Once I picked the book up I was unable to put it down. Within moments you care about the characters and what is going to happen to them on every page. The story is haunting, yet filled with real life struggles in our society. The ending blew me away and made me want to read the book all over again because I didn't want the story to end. Cann is definitely an author to watch in the future.