Peter Hansome, about 60, dies in a car accident, and shortly after his funeral, his widow, Bridget, contacts his mistress, Frances, and the two become friends, both watched over benevolently by a ghost.
Things are complicated somewhat by the arrival of Zahin, a young Iranian boy, on Bridget's doorstep, since Zahin seems to have been promised by Peter that he can come and live with Bridget. He is so attentive to Bridget that she grows used to having him around, although there is something mysterious about him.
The author is a "trained analytical psychologist" who lectures on the connections among literature ( there are many references to Shakespeare), psychology, and religion. It's a very intelligently written story about an interesting, somewhat skewed, love triangle.
Quote from the Preface:
" It is said there were ancient schools of thought which held that the number 3 is unstable. If the reasons for this belief were ever known they are lost in time....Whatever the case, it is a fact that three is a protean number: under certain conditions it will tend to collapse into two - or expand into four..."
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