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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Ghost stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Audrey Niffenegger |
| ISBN: | 9781439165393 1439165394 9781439169018 1439169012 9781439165942 1439165947 |
| OCLC Number: | 317923485 |
| Description: | 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Audrey Niffenegger. |
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When Elspeth Noblin dies, she leaves everything to the 20-year-old American twin daughters of her own long-estranged twin, Edie. Valentina and Julia, as enmeshed as Elspeth and Edie once were, move into Elspeth's London flat and through a series of developing relationships a crisis develops that could pull the twins apart.
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A Great Gothic Romance
<h2 class="title">After six long years Audrey Niffenegger has published her second book Her Fearful Symmetry. It is published by Jonathan Cape Ltd and its ISBN is 0224085611. It is a beautifully written ghost story. This Gothic romance is set in Highgate Cemetry in London and...
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<h2 class="title">After six long years Audrey Niffenegger has published her second book Her Fearful Symmetry. It is published by Jonathan Cape Ltd and its ISBN is 0224085611. It is a beautifully written ghost story. This Gothic romance is set in Highgate Cemetry in London and the author explores the themes of : love, secrets, obesessions and identity. The book is centered around the two twins Julia and Valentia Poole who inherit a flat from their unknown aunt Elspeth. The girls travel from Chicago to London to receive their flat and they soon get to know their neighbours. There is Martin the OCD sufferer whose marriage fails due to his mental illness and Robert the ex lover of Elspeth, who cannot get over her death. Indeed the most fundamental journey is the girls’ own struggle to establish their own identities . The will stated that the girls hadto live in the flat for one year and her parents could not step foot in the flat. Secrets are soon revealed as the ghost Elspeth makes contact. This bitter sweet tale is a very enjoyable read. This was reviewed by Annette Dunlea author of Always and Forever and The Honey Trap. </h2>
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