Howards End
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Based on E.M. Forster's classic novel, the miniseries adaptation of "Howards End" is a portrayal of...
Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are
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Drama / 2m, 3f / Simple Set Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, a play by the widely-acclaimed,...
You Need to Know
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Jill, her three sons, their wives and children are driving in convoy on Christmas Eve. But something...
This Road We Traveled
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Drama, Adventure, and Family Struggles Abound as Three Generations Head West on the Oregon Trail ...
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Lavender Fields
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Esther has lost her grip on reality. She suffers from Alzheimer's and often visits her delusional...
Locked Up (Vis a Vis) - Season 2
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Macarena Ferreiro is a young naive woman who falls in love with her boss and, because of him,...
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Eldridge Plays: 2: Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness, Market Boy, the Knot of the Heart, the Stock Da'wa: 2
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This second collection of plays by David Eldridge showcases the development of one of the most...
Christine A. (965 KP) rated The Good Sister in Books
May 8, 2021
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth is the first book I read of hers, but it will not be the last.
It appeared Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be. In reality, their relationship is much different. Rose is the responsible, pragmatic sister who always looks out for Fern. Fern is the quirky one who always sees the good in everyone. People do not realize Rose looks out for Fern because of her publicly perfect mother, who in secret is a sociopath, and because of what Fern did when she was younger.
The book is much more than I thought it would be. It is a psychological thriller that explores how people with high-functioning autism are treated and how they view everyday occurrences. It is also a family drama, a dysfunctional family, but a family nonetheless.
Hepworth builds the main characters and the people surrounding them well. She describes their world well enough to be in their world but without too much detail slowing down the story. Her storytelling and the story made Sally Hepworth an author. I want to read more of her work.
On Goodreads, Hepworth is the #1 most followed author in Australia.
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The Twelve-Mile Straight
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From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson, an audacious American epic set in rural...
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