Synopsis – The Twin
A splintered childhood.
A family divided.
An ugly past resurfaces…
From birth, twins Cath and Rob are inseparable. When their mother dies, their bond deepens as their father hastily remarries a woman with a volatile temper whose sole focus is her own baby – Oliver – who arrives nine months later.
When, aged 48, Rob tragically dies, Cath’s world begins to crumble. Her grief compounded further by Oliver’s out-of-the-blue decision to attend Rob’s funeral, opening old wounds after three decades of estrangement.
Thrown together, the half-siblings are forced to confront a past that sends shockwaves through both their lives due to the huge discrepancies in their respective recollections. But could both their versions of the truth be correct…?
Author Bio
Amanda Brookfield is the bestselling author of many novels including Good Girls, Relative Love, The Split, and a memoir, For the Love of a Dog starring her Golden Doodle Mabel. She lives in London and has recently finished a year as Visiting Creative Fellow at University College Oxford.
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My Review
The Twin is a very heavy book. There is a great deal of sadness and familial angst. Sadly, I was not fond of the FMC. Though I understood that her life had not been easy her stances made me understand why some of the people in her life may keep her at arms length.
It was interesting to see the past from two different perspectives. An important reminder that your perspective may not always be the truth.
This was an interesting book. I have never read anything by this author, but I would happily read more of her work.
If you like women’s literature, especially those that tug at your heart strings then you should definitely consider this book.
