The Lady Who Came to Stay Author:R.E. Spencer Katherine, a young widow and former actress falls upon hard times. Katherine's illness leads her to seek out the home of her dead husband's four spinster sisters in the hope they will take in Katherine and her young daughter. These four women are set in their ways, but reluctantly they accept responsiblity for the two in-laws they have never me... more »t. Katherine's quick demise and death devastate her five year old daughter, but delight the spinsters who are now free to impress their own view of the world on the young girl. A mixture of horror and psychological terror run through this odd old book.« less