{"product_id":"the-last-spirits-of-manhattan-john-a-mcdermott-9781668058749","title":"The Last Spirits of Manhattan","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e in this witty and enchanting novel about a young woman in 1950s Manhattan who resists the conventional future planned for her, spurred on by a group of ghostly relatives who are the unexpected guests at a star-studded party thrown by Alfred Hitchcock in the family townhouse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter fleeing her mundane life in the Midwest, Carolyn Banks finds herself in her enigmatic great-aunts' eerie mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Inside its crumbling façade, suspense director Alfred Hitchcock is throwing a party, gleefully informing his celebrity guests that the venue is supposedly haunted. It all seems like a fun gag, but Carolyn knows that the line between reality and the supernatural is dangerously blurred here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, the paranormal entities are mingling with guests like Charles Addams and Henry Fonda. As Carolyn grapples with romantic entanglements and ghostly encounters, she discovers long-buried family secrets, challenging her understanding of love, loyalty, and legacy. A striking mix of the haunting and the heartwarming, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Spirits of Manhattan \u003c\/i\u003eis an unputdownable novel about a family reunion unlike any other, set against the bewitching backdrop of 1950s New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. McDermott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166805874X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668058749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.80d","brand":"John A. McDermott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588439486719,"sku":"9781668058749","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-spirits-of-manhattan-john-a-mcdermott-9781668058749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}