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On its surface, The Barter is a ghost story about two women who inhabit the same land a century apart. On closer look, it’s clear the territory they share is about much more than geography.  Siobhan Adcock talks with Steve Bertrand on Books about writing, mothering and the perils of defining sacrifice as success.