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false <![CDATA[The Sister]]> 2685421 16 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. 2710744 book 17 6 2008 The Sister total:702|5:40|4:185|3:266|2:160|1:51| 702 2109 1720 273 2 6 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 21 17:07:27 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 06 15:45:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 11 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 17:19:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 21:50:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 12:12:47 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 20:05:49 -0800 2008
At first, it was difficult for me to get into this book. Ginny is, as her father was before her, a lepidopterology expert - an expert on moths. But as I continued to read it became clear that there was much more to this story than the study of insects...more...]]> 3 12 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 17:37:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:12:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:39:19 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 12:22:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 26 10:52:44 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 07:03:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 4 false true Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 09:47:43 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 11:53:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:04:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:33:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 22 09:01:41 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 13:59:58 -0700 2008
I'm not interested in the anatomy of moths, which seemed to be a huge focus of the book. I got halfway through and decided that there are much more interesting gothic novels out there, and I shouldn't be wasting my time on one that takes so long to develop.

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The only thing it lacks is a sense of horror. Instead, the author p...more...]]> 2 4 false true Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 09:13:20 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 19:36:53 -0700 2008 1
But...the ending was thoroughly disappointing. I felt as if I had read the whole book for nothing. It wasn't even the kind of thing where I could say to myself, "Well, I didn't really like the ending, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 20:48:49 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 20:59:33 -0800 2008
This was a fascinating book, by all accounts. The narrator of the book appears, at first glance, to be a "normal" elderly woman, waiting for her sister after almost 50 years of absence. The story she tells is strange and traumatic, yet as the novel progres...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:47:07 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:55:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:38:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 07:22:45 -0700 2008
Quickly: this is the story of two sisters, Ginny and Vivi. Both grew up in a crazy, old mansion with some crazy parents. Maud was their alcoholic mother, and Clive was their moth-obsessed fat...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 08:34:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 03:27:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:23:45 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:03:20 -0800 2009
One good quotation:
"Is it really necessary to record your life in order to make it worthwhile or commendable? Is it worthless to die without reference? Surely those testimonials last another generation...more...]]> 2 1 false true Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:10:27 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:32:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 17:32:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 17:32:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2685421