London

The entirety of Ghosts is set in London during the twenty first century, The author chooses to restrict the novel’s setting to one city in order to further her thematic delve into aging. When Nina returns to Albyn Park, the square where she grew up, she is able to remember the feelings of safety and comfort from her childhood. Similarly, when Katherine moves to Surrey, a suburb of London, the train rides between the city’s neighborhoods illustrates the distances in their friendship. As the friends age they have to work to maintain their friendship and choose be supportive of one another, despite their differences.

Nina's Apartment

Nina’s apartment is a small flat in London that she bought by herself after the success of her first book, ‘Taste’. At the outset of the novel, she celebrates the purchase of the apartment as a personal achievement. Throughout...