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The Sister

Published
May 2008
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General Fiction General Fiction
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304

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From her lookout in the crumbling mansion that was her childhood home, Ginny watches and waits for her younger sister to arrive. Vivien has not set foot in the house since she left nearly fifty years ago; the reclusive Ginny has rarely ventured out, retreating into the precise routines that define her days, carrying on her father's solitary work studying moths.

As the sisters revisit their shared past, they realize that their recollections differ in essential and unsettling ways. Before long, the deeply buried resentments that have shaped both their lives rise to the surface, and Vivien's presence threatens to disrupt Ginny's carefully ordered world.

Told in Ginny's unforgettable voice, this subtle and chilling debut novel tells an extraordinary story of how families are capable of undoing themselves--especially in the name of love.

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Jul 2009 Anchor ISBN13 9780307388315 ISBN10 030738831X
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First Edition May 2008 Knopf ISBN13 9780307268167 ISBN10 0307268160
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Jun 2008 Knopf ISBN13 9780307269263 ISBN10 0307269264
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Jun 2008 Anchor ISBN10 B00199RHF2
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May 2008 Random House Audio ISBN13 9780739366738 ISBN10 0739366734
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Jun 2008 Books on Tape ISBN13 9781415949658 ISBN10 1415949654
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Aug 2008 Random House Audio ISBN10 B001FVJIEC
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