{"product_id":"a-curious-presence-margo-macdonald-9781770418226","title":"A Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding, inquisitive journey into the nature of the unseen for anyone as curious about the afterlife as they are about life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHauntings happen. But why? Are they caused by ghosts, or something else? What is a ghost, anyway? After centuries of ghost-hunting by experts and amateurs alike, are we any closer to knowing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many, Margo MacDonald once believed that all hauntings were the work of restless spirits, but after two decades spent engaging with firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters -- and having a few of her own -- she has more questions than answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMacDonald asks: Why are we haunted by tragedy but not by joy? If a ghost lives in a house but no one experiences it, does it make a haunting? And what does our desire to believe in ghosts say about us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith insight and humor, \u003ci\u003eA Curious Presence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theories that have shaped MacDonald's understanding of hauntings and the paranormal. Told through conversations with skeptics, sensitives, parapsychologists, investigators, and haunted-house dwellers -- interwoven with vivid accounts of real experiences and visits to famously haunted locations -- MacDonald proposes an unsettling idea: Perhaps it isn't the places that are haunted, but the people who move through them. Perhaps we have more in common with ghosts than we think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margo MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770418229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770418226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs","brand":"Margo MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623645360383,"sku":"9781770418226","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-curious-presence-margo-macdonald-9781770418226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}