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Karen Winn

Autor/a de Our Little World

3 obres 69 Membres 9 Ressenyes

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This is a book about 2 sisters in small town Hammend, NJ (fictional town). When a neighbor disappears, both sisters withhold info. One year later, the younger sister dies. A very sad story.
Bee (Borka) always felt a bit jealous of her younger sister, Audrina, because Drina was slim, pretty, and popular. When a tragedy shatters their small town, their family fractures in different ways. Young Sally, 4 years old, disappears when Bee's family and the neighbors head to the lake. Bee and Drina don't tell everything to the police (but it would it have mattered?) This becomes a defining moment, from then on the sisters have a strained relationship.… (més)
 
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rmarcin | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jul 23, 2022 |
#FirstLine - Prologue -I see my whispers of my dead sister.

Wow, I still cannot find the worlds to share how I felt about this book. What I can say is that, I felt this book in my bones. I am a sister…so on that level this story really spoke to me. The setting and the moment in time captured was also so perfectly plotted. A brilliant story that will remain with all readers on some level after they finish because it becomes part of the reader. The reader will be able to relate in some way, so the reader will become truly invested. This is a true sign of a beautifully told story! Wonderful!! A must read!… (més)
 
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Mrsmommybooknerd | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | May 23, 2022 |
I love reading new authors and their debuts! This book will transport you to the 80s, when life was simpler…summer, roaming your neighborhood on a bike and hanging out with friends at the pool or lake. This was a time when innocence was bliss, siblings showed their fierce love/hate relationships and secrets were lurking but you were blind to it, until you weren’t. Secrets abound.

Character driven story about a small neighborhood that is rocked by the unthinkable and it’s effect on its inhabitants. Story deals with the complex relationship between sisters, who love fiercely, fight often, compete constantly. Struggles of growing up in each other’s shadows and what happens when parents are human and bad things happen, and the choices we make can haunt up forever.

Thanks to Ms. Winn, Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for this AR. Opinion is mine alone.
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LoriKBoyd | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | May 21, 2022 |
A wonderful and unforgettable debut novel! Set in the 80’s, this explores the lives of two young sisters living in a small town during the time of their young neighbor’s disappearance.

It was an innocent time and the neighborhood kids spent their summers at the club swimming or at the local lake with the woods nearby. On the day the little girl disappeared, the sisters had gone to the lake with their neighbors. Somehow none of them realized the moment when she disappeared.

The repercussions of this event throughout the small town and its effect on the families caused them to lose a bit of their innocence. It also caused tension in many relationships, especially between the sisters.

This is a coming-of-age story that explores the complicated interactions within a family and deals with some sobering topics in a delicate manner. Be prepared—this is a tissue-worthy novel.

Book clubs will have much to discuss with this pick and I think many readers will love this book just as much as I did. Not having had a sister, I loved their relationship with the ups and downs and most of all their love for one another.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group-Dutton for allowing me to read an advance copy. I am happy to offer my honest review.
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tamidale | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Apr 29, 2022 |

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Obres
3
Membres
69
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#250,752
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
9
ISBN
3

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