While you may not believe in ghosts, who doesn't really like a good ghost story? This book is actually a collection of just that, ghost stories from the heart of Norway. In this great little novel, you will find: Mad monks, evil counts, gray ladies, blue ladies, haunted vessels, cathederals, homes and estates.

I, myself find ghost stories fascinating, and the author passes these on, matter-of-factly to the reader with no embellishment. My favorite by far has to be "The Runaway Carriage" an apparition that has been seen at the Kjolberg Estate. A carriage drawn by two large white horses that has been seen to pull up to the manor. Then continue on before a splash is heard in the distance. The carriage is said to be connected to a ghost that resides in the house of a young girl, who hearing that her young lieutenant beau chose another, took her own life in the mid 1800's.

There is defiantely something for everyone in this collection of ghost stories. Fun to be had by all who read these tales.

It is obvious that the Author did a tremendous amount of research into the history of Norwegian folk-lore, and captured the essence of a unique phenomenon - living with your family ghosts and apparitions. In her writing, she comes from a direction of simply reporting the beliefs and convictions of the people, and allows the reader to come to his or her own conclusions about the substance. The stories are very well written, and show great writing talent.