It may be light but for me the attraction is the intrigue about the circumstances that would make a small child disappear and encourage parents embrace silence on the subject as if she hadn't existed. (Both called The Jane Austen Book Club oddly enough.) It was therefore with great eagerness I cracked this novel open, described by Son Number 2 as one of the lighter Man Booker 2014 long-list offerings. Karen Joy Fowler is the American literary fiction/SF/fantasy author who made a best seller about a book club discussing Jane Austen which eventually spawned a film. As she grows to adulthood, Rosemary remembers trying to come to terms with this, the damage that being a daughter of a psychologist has wrought and the revealed secrets that will finally make sense of it all. The knock on effect was the angry departure of Rosemary's older brother Lowell whom she also misses. Curiously enough, her mother and father don't speak of it. Rosemary went to stay with her grandparents and, on her return Fern was no longer there. Rosemary's childhood is blighted by the disappearance of her sister, Fern. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 A worthwhile way of spending an afternoon? Definitely, but enjoyment may be diminished if you know the twist beforehand. Summary: An intriguing tale of sibling and parental relationships that turns on an original twist.
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