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The Good Sister

The Good Sister 2

Everyone has a Dark Side

by Sally Hepworth
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/10/2020
5/5 Rating 2 Reviews

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There's only been one time that Rose couldn't stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be ... dangerous.

When Rose discovers that she cannot fall pregnant, Fern sees her chance to pay her sister back for everything Rose has done for her. Fern can have a baby for Rose. She just needs to find a father. Simple.

Fern's mission will shake the foundations of the life she has carefully built for herself and stir up dark secrets from the past, in this quirky, rich and shocking story of unexpected love.

ISBN:
9781760552190
9781760552190
Category:
Crime & Mystery
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-10-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
231x155x33mm
Weight:
0.43kg

'Compelling story, plenty of twists and a satisfying ending. Sally is an exceptional observer of people and their relationships.'
Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Result

'No one writes domestic suspense like Sally Hepworth. The Good Sister is the perfect blend of suspense and heart - a book that's sure to get everyone talking!'
Kelly Rimmer, author of Truths I Never Told You

Sally Hepworth

Sally Hepworth has lived around the world, spending extended periods in Singapore, the U.K. and Canada, where she worked in event management and Human Resources. While on maternity leave, Sally finally fulfilled a lifelong dream to write, the result of which was Love Like the French, published in Germany in 2014.

While pregnant with her second child, Sally wrote The Secrets of Midwives, published worldwide in English, as well as in France, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2015. A novel about three generations of midwives, The Secrets of Midwives asks readers what makes a mother and what role biology plays in the making and binding of a family.

The Secrets of Midwives has been labelled "enchanting" by The Herald Sun and "smart and engaging" by Publisher's Weekly and New York Times bestselling authors Liane Moriarty and Emily Giffin have praised Sally's debut English language novel as "women's fiction at its finest" and "totally absorbing".

The Things We Keep and was published in February 2016. She is currently working on her next novel.

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Wow, this was one twisted sister tale!

It didn’t take any time for me to get completely caught up in this story. It was so easy to picture Rose and Fern fraternal twins, one of them apparently on the spectrum and the other her protector. What an awful childhood they had. Is it any wonder the issues they faced as adults? My heart hurt for them.

While Fern is never officially diagnosed, her condition is pretty obvious. She’s highly functioning and I fell completely in love with her. She was totally charming in such an innocent way and I realize that was due to her autism, but the way this author portrayed her had me loving her, wanting to hug her (even though that would be a no-go) and laughing at the way she inadvertently pulled others into her world.

Rose was fiercely protective of Fern. Her whole life revolved around her. She was an amazing older sister and Fern would have been lost without her. I worried about her other relationships and how Fern’s presence affected them.

Much of this is written in a journal type of format that gives us glimpses into the past. With each new entry we are given, a clearer picture begins to form. I began to question the title along with the words on the page and soon I was vacillating between who truly was the good sister and why were they not considered good?

This has a very thin veil of darkness running through it but the question is to which twin is it contributed to?

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I'm a huge Sally Hepworth fan - have read all her books and this one certainly didn't disappoint. I read it in 24 hours, couldn't put it down. Serval twists and turns as you'd expect from the author - highly recommend.

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