The Return of Peter Grimm

Peter Grimm is dying, and the only thing that worries him is whether his beloved niece Catherine will find happiness. An old-fashioned man who tends his botanic garden with devotion, Peter has spent years orchestrating a marriage between Catherine and his nephew Frederik, certain that family should marry family. As friends and employees gather around his bedside, Peter clings to life with stubborn tenderness, unable to imagine leaving them. But death comes for us all, and Peter soon discovers that love does not release its grip so easily. What follows is a haunting meditation on attachment, memory, and the question that haunts every generation: what remains of us when we are gone? Belasco's 1911 sensation ran for 280 performances on Broadway, captivating audiences with its blend of domestic warmth and spectral mystery. For readers who savor old-fashioned sentiment with an edge of the uncanny.