The Hungry Ghosts
Anne Berry
For my matchless husband Anthony, and my amazing children, Andrea, Antonia, Ivan and Ruth.
The value of their unflagging support continues to be of inestimable worth to me.
Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn’d,
Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com’st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, Act 1, scene 4
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