The Girls and the Ghosts of The Old Manse Revisited: An Australian Fugue Novel by Ruth Skilbeck.

“With an intriguing premise, this novel brings Irish history vividly to life, told with an arresting voice through the eyes of a 15-year-old girl.”– ERINA REDDAN author of Deep in the Forest and The Serpent’s Skin.

When Roxanne and her family move into an old manse in the countryside in Northern Ireland, a new chapter of exciting adventure and peril opens for the almost-thirteen year old budding writer. The Girls and the Ghosts of The Old Manse Revisited will take readers on a journey with Roxy, her family, new friend Margy, and girls from earlier times; over several years from the conflict of the early 1970s Troubles, at home and on road trips including a near fatal van crash in a Swedish blizzard. What is most scary is not the ghost story Roxy and her family are told about the old manse but the mysterious impacts of the traumas of war and conflict, bereavement and accidents revealed by former inhabitants of the site. A historical coming-of-age novel with environmental, psychological, and supernatural themes.

Edition: First Edition; Series Edition

The Girls and the Ghosts of The Old Manse Revisited: An Australian Fugue Novel by Ruth Skilbeck.

Date of publication: August, 2025.

ISBN: 9780645194159 EBook-pdf 220 pages

Created/Published: Newcomb, Victoria: Borderstream Books, 2025

Series: Australian Fugue; 3 is also a standalone novel as are the others in Ruth Skilbeck’s series.