The Realm of Hungry Spirits

The award-winning author of The Gifted Gabaldn Sisters returns with a new novel about a woman who craves solitude, only to find family more fulfilling.In Buddhism, there is a place where hungry souls gather between lives awaiting rebirth so they can finally satisfy the desires that haunt them.In the San Fernando Valley, that place is Marina Lucero's house.The Realm of Hungry SpiritsFor Marina Lucero, whose father transformed his life through meditation and whose mother gave hers to a Carmelite convent, spirituality should come easily. It doesn't. After a devastating relationship leaves her feeling lost and alone, she opens her home to a collection of wayward souls— the abused woman next door and her alcoholic sister, her aimless nephew and his broken-hearted best friend. Her house now full but her heart still empty, Marina then turns to the wisdom of Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, even a Santeria priest who wants to cleanse her...