The sister
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Poppy Adams.
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780307388315
Subjects: Sisters -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction; Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction; Moths -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Behaviour of moths
Description: The tale of two sisters, Ginny and Vivian, reunited after a 40 year estrangement. Their father was a lepidopterist who was obsessed with his work, neglecting the girls and their mother who became an alcoholic with violent mood swings. Now, so many years later, the sisters are drawn back into this stormy world of their childhood. But Ginny is ever observant of the present, wondering why her sister has returned, keeping track of her every move, refusing to accept Vivian's version of their past.
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain as The behaviour of moths by Virago Press ... London, and subsequently in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York, in 2008"--T.p. verso.