THE CHANNELLING GROUP BY DEBORAH BROMLEY A contemporary novel including spirit guides, the afterlife and hypnosis It happens sometimes that what you intend and what you get are so far apart you wonder how it went wrong. When Beatrice starts a spiritual reading group she only wants her friends to share their experiences and learn how to contact their spirit guides, not start uncontrolled paranormal activity in her own living room How can they continue when Rose nearly passes out and it's clear they have no idea what they are doing? Enter the mysterious Krystina who invites herself to lead them and teach them to channel properly. Every woman in the channelling group needs answers to some perplexing question about their lives. Who has the most to gain? Is it Jill: plump, self conscious but being romanced by a dreamy younger man? Or Hilary: her teenage daughter has been skipping school; is she in serious trouble? Or Pippa: her husband's depression is deepening; what should she do? Or Lesley: nurturing the most painful burden of all. Everything is connected, but not in any way they can imagine.