This book would be riped for family discussion in the coming holidays. Cynthia, a writer of a young adult series called Sisters of History, agreed to spend Thanksgiving with her older sister Frances in Massachusetts and their now disabled 82 years old father. Cynthia suspected their father of murdering their invalid mother with an overdose of pills when she was 13 years old.
To coincide with her visit Cynthia wanted to see Mark Twain's home in Hartford for her research on the writer's daughters, and their relationship with their charismatic father which eerily enough parallels her story as well. As they gather together, each one harboring long held suspicions and unspokens secrets, the drama heightens and pulls the reader in their midst.
How could siblings brought up in the same home by the same parents come away from their childhood with disparate interpretations of events? It is compelling writing at its best and deliciously witty to boot.
Berne's first book " A crime in the neighborhood" won Great Britain's Orange Prize.
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