{"product_id":"9781770418226","title":"A Curious Presence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding, inquisitive journey into the nature of the unseen for anyone as curious about the afterlife as they are about life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eHauntings happen. But why? Are they caused by ghosts, or something else? What is a ghost, anyway? After centuries of ghost-hunting by experts and amateurs alike, are we any closer to knowing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eLike many, Margo MacDonald once believed that all hauntings were the work of restless spirits, but after two decades spent engaging with firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters — and having a few of her own — she has more questions than answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eMacDonald asks: Why are we haunted by tragedy but not by joy? If a ghost lives in a house but no one experiences it, does it make a haunting? And what does our desire to believe in ghosts say about us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eWith insight and humor, \u003ci\u003eA Curious Presence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theories that have shaped MacDonald’s understanding of hauntings and the paranormal. Told through conversations with skeptics, sensitives, parapsychologists, investigators, and haunted-house dwellers — interwoven with vivid accounts of real experiences and visits to famously haunted locations — MacDonald proposes an unsettling idea: Perhaps it isn’t the places that are haunted, but the people who move through them. Perhaps we have more in common with ghosts than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margo MacDonald (CA)","offers":[{"title":"ECW Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-10-06","offer_id":49155124527359,"sku":"9781770418226","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b4319cc1-3381-4334-a499-943f1f941253.jpg?v=1788801750","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770418226","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}