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During the winter of 1940, five-year-old Anna MacRae is left with twin baby sisters when she loses her mother during their birth. Anna is a gifted child, with a warm personality to match, but not so her sisters—and as they grow, their pranks turn to stealing, bullying and worse, creating an even more difficult life for a motherless daughter.
Later in life, much to her dismay, Anna becomes a mother to twins herself. Living with depression in a loveless marriage, she feels like a slave to the two babies. But, even more so, she worries that they will grow to be like the terrible sisters she escaped. While at a new mothers clinic, she meets a young woman who reminds her of herself—alone and unhappy—and she impulsively decides to take her in. It is a reckless act of caring that alters the course of her life and ultimately forces her to make peace with the sisters she left behind.
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Release date
September 1, 2018 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781780102610
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781780102610
- File size: 1226 KB
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Languages
- English
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December 15, 2010
In 1940, while five-year-old Anna MacRaes father, a soldier, is stationed in Europe, her mother dies. Annas twin sisters are just babies, and the three siblings are sent to the English countryside until the war ends, as were many British children. But the twins have a decidedly malicious side, and as they grow, they often make Anna the target of their mean-spirited attacks. Years pass, and Anna herself becomes the mother of twins. Will history repeat itself? Hamilton (A Parallel Life, 2010; The Reading Room, 2009) has created another honest look at family dynamics, in particular that unique relationship that exists between sisters.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)
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