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Title: Ordinary people whose lives are disrupted -- very real!
Review: This delightful story takes place in an English shoreline town that's just a little bit stuck in time. A new Postmaster comes in and, Martin, a Hemingway affectionado who thought he was next in line for the position, finds his life becoming decidedly unpredictable. The American lady, Ruth, who is in town researching a history of the women who loved Hemingway, in her travels finds a chair that had belonged to Hemingway himself. Love (or what is imagined to be love)... lost Love (or shared interest, which should be the base of love) found. Shady dealings. A bit of blackmail. And the chair... is it haunted? Does it contain a ghost? Is Martin delusional? All of the above or none of the above? The reader will have to decide. No matter what the reader decides, s/he should find the book charming in its honesty and realism -- and perhaps, like I do, may discover a desire to read "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
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