Monday, July 6, 2020

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson


Neurosurgeon Jake Baker reminisces about growing up in 1980's Niagara Falls, the summer when he turned twelve where his eccentric uncle Calvin formed The Saturday Night Ghost Club with him and the new neighborhood kids Billy and Dove. They go for haunting adventures in town and inadvertently past family tragedies resurface... The story is about childhood innocence and friendship as well as teenage angst and rebellion. It touches on bullying, family dynamics and how one's memories shift with changing perspectives over time. Except for the medical description of the brains, it is a good story with layers that I enjoyed.