The Greatcoat : A Ghost Story (Hardcover)

from Ant.Harrison

The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore is a 'ghost story' set in the 1950s English countryside. It's told by Is, newly married to a young GP who finds an old RAF uniform greatcoat hidden away in a cupboard at the flat they are renting from the reclusive and enigmatic landlady, Mrs Atkinson. The coat tran...

from Ant.Harrison

The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore is a 'ghost story' set in the 1950s English countryside. It's told by Is, newly married to a young GP who finds an old RAF uniform greatcoat hidden away in a cupboard at the flat they are renting from the reclusive and enigmatic landlady, Mrs Atkinson. The coat tran...

from labfs39

I bought this book on the strength of some of Helen Dunmore's other historical fiction. [The Siege], shortlisted for the Orange Prize, was a compelling story set during the siege of Leningrad. It's sequel, [The Betrayal], was also quite good and covered the fictitious Doctor's Plot, the last purg...

from ChristineEllei

It's just after WWII; rations are still in place, food and fuel shortages are still the norm, decent housing is hard to come by, blackout curtains still hang in some windows, the bombings are still a fresh memory and some don't realize it's all over. Newlyweds Isabel and Philip Carey have moved i...

from cappybear

This is the first novel by Helen Dunmore that I've read and I gather she's capable of better than this, if the other reviews are anything to go by. I thought The Greatcoat was quite atmospheric with a real sense of time and place, but found the characters slightly irritating and I drifted out of ...