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"A recluse awaits the return of her sister after a 47-year absence in this must-read novel. Her arrival unlocks the twisted truths of the past, with chilling consequences.
Ginny has always adored her younger sister, Vivien. As they grew up in the vast and crumbling Victorian mansion known as Bulburrow Court, Vivi was adventurous while Ginny was the quiet one, the daughter who stayed behind to follow in their father's (and grandfather's) footsteps as a lepidopterista scientist who collects and studies butterflies and mothsand to take care of their father after their mother's tragic death.
Now, nearly 50 years later, as Ginny anxiously waits and watches from her lookout on the first floor, she wonders why her sister is returning. Living alone with dusty cabinets full of moth specimens and research material collected over several generations, Ginny has retreated into the precise routines and isolation that define her days. Vivien's appearance will unsettle the house and the dark secrets it contains will be exposed, causing Ginny to question who has been protecting whom for all these years. And as the time of emergence approacheswhen moths shed their winter cocoons to fly freeGinny and Vivien will finally reveal their true selves, leading to a terrible confrontation."
http://www.cookeagency.ca/books/Adams-P_The-Sister.htm
found this book to be rather slow, and dissatisfying at the end. I didn't find the characters engaging and the plot sagged, although I thought it had real potential.
Ginny has always adored her younger sister, Vivien. As they grew up in the vast and crumbling Victorian mansion known as Bulburrow Court, Vivi was adventurous while Ginny was the quiet one, the daughter who stayed behind to follow in their father's (and grandfather's) footsteps as a lepidopterista scientist who collects and studies butterflies and mothsand to take care of their father after their mother's tragic death.
Now, nearly 50 years later, as Ginny anxiously waits and watches from her lookout on the first floor, she wonders why her sister is returning. Living alone with dusty cabinets full of moth specimens and research material collected over several generations, Ginny has retreated into the precise routines and isolation that define her days. Vivien's appearance will unsettle the house and the dark secrets it contains will be exposed, causing Ginny to question who has been protecting whom for all these years. And as the time of emergence approacheswhen moths shed their winter cocoons to fly freeGinny and Vivien will finally reveal their true selves, leading to a terrible confrontation."
http://www.cookeagency.ca/books/Adams-P_The-Sister.htm
found this book to be rather slow, and dissatisfying at the end. I didn't find the characters engaging and the plot sagged, although I thought it had real potential.
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