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Lisa M
May 26, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Essentially this is a family saga, set in Canada, the main story taking place between WW1 and WW2 and centres on two sisters. However this is also a mystery and a romance, with SF elements and a commentary on society and the time it was written (turn of the century). It's a big book, compelling, yet the pacing felt a bit too slow overall.

I'm not going to give this book a rating because I took a break halfway through for about a month (and didn't read at all) so I'm not sure how that has influenc
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Jan 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Jun 15, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Linda
Aug 02, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Sep 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Katie
Jan 09, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, sisters, suicide
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Dec 30, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Mar 05, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
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