Every time I read a book by Sean Stewart, I am reminded how good he is. This one, like many of his previous novels, uses fantasy (and in this case a bit of horror) to explore the main character and his relationship to the world. The main character is a perpetually depressed divorced dad trying to do the right thing by his daughter (who lives with her mom and stepdad). Unfortunately, he also sees ghosts, and they mess up his life, or give him an excuse to mess up his own life, maybe.

The book was a bit tough to find. AFAICT, Uncle Hugo's never had a copy in stock, but I picked it up at Powell's and read it in one day (yesterday). Update: I went to Uncle Hugo's earlier this week and they had a copy (finally).