What a great book! The Sister is about the reunion of two elderly sisters, the secrets that they have kept from each other and the tragedies of the past. Plenty of reviewers have mentioned the plot, I won't do it too much here.
Ginny's younger sister, Vivian has returned to their family mansion after 40+ years for no apparent reason. Ginny is puzzled by her presence, but revisits in flashback many of their childhood adventures and secrets, the most vivid is an accident that left Vivian sterile. As adults they were dependent on each other, yet both were entrusted with separate family secrets, assuming they were protecting the other sister. As the visit progresses, Ginny becomes angry with Vivian for revealing the truth and upheaving a very, orderly, unemotional life.
I LOVED the artistry in the point of view character. The author did a beautiful job of hiding the truth from the reader, carefully placing clues of the condition of this character, Ginny, in interesting places. I also loved the exquisite detail the author put into the Ginny's study of moths -- this is my kind of character development! You read a good book AND get biology lessons! While I would never call myself a suspense fan, this book's suspense was riveting, especially the last fifty pages. There were several places that I yelped aloud in surprise to the point my daughter wanted to read it next.
This book was chosen because it was next in line alphabetically on my library's shelf. Like Ginny, I have my own certain way of doing things.