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Loading... The Sisterby Poppy Adams
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. An interesting Gothic tale. The Stone family have for generations been fascinated by moths, and Ginny is the last of the Stone lepidopterists, living as a recluse in the crumbling family home. The story starts as her younger sister, Vivi, returns home following nearly fifty years of exile. Ginny tries to understanding her conflicting emotions surrounding Vivii's by trying to recall and understand their dysfunctional past - just why everyone though she was 'special', apart from being a famed lepidopterist that is - and why Vivi left. But can you believe everything Ginny says? This is a good, thought provoking read about the unspoken secrets every family shares. (  ) riverwillow | Sep 28, 2009 |  I must admit, I was disappointed in The Sister. I heard it compared to The Thirteenth Tale, which is my favorite book. On one hand, I see the comparison: estranged sisters, reunited, family feuds, etc. On the other hand, there is no real comparison for me. It isn't quite eerie enough, it isn't sentimental enough...overall, it just isn't enough. (  ) JenSay | Sep 23, 2009 | I thought this book worked perfectly both as the story of two sisters and their family as well as an interesting insight to the behaviour of moths! (  ) Cormach | Aug 23, 2009 | I was drawn to this book, which surprised me as the subject matter did not sound that interesting......I found the book quite hypnotic and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it is very understated, and I loved the detail, observations and the writing style. (  ) AlisonKwiatkowska | Aug 20, 2009 | This is a ZERO-star book!!! It was torture to read through, which was a monumental disappointment because I was really looking forward to reading this one. It was Boring with a capital b. I would never recommend this book to anyone. The only thing I liked about it was the cover artwork. (  ) jessi76 | Jul 21, 2009 | 
 The plot clanks cheerfully along, twisting and teasing, and the writing exerts a certain spell. Ginnie's confidences are debatable, a smoke-screen through which we discern the writer's manipulative hand. This is the book's real fascination, watching the author play her mischievous game of bluff with the reader. Purple passages concerning moth pathology are laid as bait to lead us up the garden path, a stomach-turning sauce for the plot extravagance. The novel is a divertimento on a mothy and insubstantial theme.
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“This lyrical and haunting story of two sisters, their troubling past, and the terrible secrets they each want buried will stay with you long after you close the book.”
—Harlan Coben
“The Sister is a taut, tense tale of the ties that bind—sometimes a little too tightly.”
—Karin Slaughter
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.
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400)
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