num_pages: 326
description: In this spellbinding and suspenseful debut a young woman haunted by the past returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sisters unsolved murder.Sixteen years ago Sylvies sister Persephone never came home. Out too late with the boyfriend she was forbidden to see Persephone was missing for three days before her body was foundand years later her murder remains unsolved.In the present day Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged mother Annie as she undergoes treatment for cancer. Prone to unexplained Dark Days even before Persephones death Annies once-close bond with Sylvie dissolved in the weeks after their loss making for an uncomfortable reunion all these years later. Worse Persephones former boyfriend Ben is now a nurse at the cancer center where Annie is being treated. Sylvies always believed Ben was responsible for the murderbut she carries her own guilt about that night guilt that traps her in the past while the world goes on around her.As she navigates the complicated relationship with her mother Sylvie begins to uncover the secrets that fill their houseand what really happened the night Persephone died. As it turns out the truth really will set you free once you can bear to look at it.The Winter Sister is a mesmerizing portrayal of the complex bond between sisters between mothers and daughters alike and forces us to ask ourselveshow well do we really know the people we love most?
language: English
title: The Winter Sister
publisher: Touchstone