The Ghost Girl

"The Ghost Girl" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a story about a young woman dealing with grief and change. Fifteen-year-old Phylice Berknowles is trying to make sense of life after her father's death at their family estate in Ireland. She's struggling with who she is in light of this loss and what her future holds. When Mr. Pinckney, an American cousin set to inherit the estate, arrives, Phyl becomes resistant to change, and their initial meetings are filled with tension, further igniting her internal conflicts. The story has to do with what happens to a person when family traditions collide with an uncertain future, and how independence can be a means of personal connections when living in a time of change.