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Laura Buchwald is a New York City-based writer and editor who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans, where part of her first book, The Coat Check Girl, takes place. The book is the first in a trilogy and addresses themes of grief, found family, and overcoming the elements of our past that continue to haunt us, literally and metaphorically. Laura's strong belief in an afterlife—along with a healthy dose of questioning its existence—is part of what inspired the series.

The second installment, The Book of Reservations, out December 9, 2025, addresses the same themes from a different perspective; where once the protagonist feared her ability to connect with the spirit world, in book two she comes to embrace it and see it as the gift it potentia ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 181 ratings · 105 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Coat Check Girl (The Ghost Table Trilogy Book 1) 4.28 avg rating — 141 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laura Buchwald and 1 other person liked deannaturnsthepage's review of The Book of Reservations (The Ghost Table Trilogy): "This is such a great book!! I didn’t know it was a part of a series and now I want to read book #1. There were some mentions of events and people from the first book, The Coat Check Girl, but nothing that makes it difficult to follow so this can tota" Read more of this review »
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