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𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟒.𝟐𝟑.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒  𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑃𝑢𝑏 𝐷𝑎𝑦!

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Thank you @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio  and @sallyhepworth for these gifted books and teas. 

I have always enjoyed Sally Hepworth’s books, and I’m so glad she wrote another one involving sisters. Maybe it’s because I’ve always wanted a sister.

Norah, Jessica, and Alice grew up as foster sisters, taken from family tragedies and placed in the care of Miss Fairchild at her beautiful country estate, Wild Meadows. But was it a domestic refuge or a house of horrors?

The book opens with the girls as adults and, having moved on, free of Miss Fairchild and Wild Meadows. But when a detective calls with news that a body has been discovered while Wild Meadows was being demolished, the girls are thrust back into the past. 

The story toggles between before and now, and we get a dark picture of the crimes and abuses that went on in the foster system. As much as I was intrigued by the sisters’ incredible bond and personalities, Miss Fairchild stole the show. She was a character I loved to hate – she grated on me with her saccharine-covered verbal assaults and oh-so-proper appearances. Okay, I’ll stop – I don’t want to give too much away, but there are some twists you won’t see coming.

I paired my reading with the gifted audiobook from @macmillian.audiobook, and Jessica Clarke’s narration brought out the suspense and drama!

🪪 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍? 𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚝?