A Ghost Comes Calling - by Rebecca Titchner (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Two sisters who never met. Two decades of intimate journals. One tragic ending.

A Ghost Comes Calling tells of one woman's journey to understand herself, her birth family, and especially her lost sister. Author and adoptee Rebecca Titchner turns to her sister, Dana's, writings to explore why she disavowed her family and left her husband and children. Instead of finding happiness, Dana was murdered by a man she believed was promised to her by the gods. Through Dana's story, Titchner digs deep into her own past and the undeniable impact adoption has made in her life.

A Ghost Comes Calling is a memoir that explores the complexities of family, relationships, loss and mental health.

Review Quotes

"... With the precision of a journalist, Titchner probes the complexity of family connections as she grapples with loss in all of its manifestations, in particular the shocking, heartbreaking conclusion of her sister's story."

-Nancy McCabe, author of Can This Marriage Be Saved?A Memoir

"Part memoir, part true crime exposé, one hundred percent riveting. Titchner taps her expertise as a journalist and blends it with candor as she examines her experience as an adoptee ..."

-Patricia Thrushart, author of Cursed: The Life of Marion Alsobrook Stahlman

"... Titchner offers a stunning tale of a woman's journey of self-discovery as an adopted child of a blue-collar couple. Along the way, she intertwines her narrative with the story of her half-sister, a woman she never knew.

-Karen J. Weyant, Author of Avoiding the Apocalypse

"With tears still lingering in my eyes after turning the final page, I was struck by the profound resonance of A Ghost Comes Calling ..."

-Rebecca Autumn Sansom, Reckoning with The Primal Wound