This was a very interesting book. Dunmore is a great writer. Very literary, but also interesting plots. The story takes place in Cornwall. Nina, an artist and photographer, is called to attend to her sister, Isabelle, who has just had her first child. After a very difficult labor, Isabelle had to have a hysterectomy. She is recuperating, and while there is a full time woman helping her, Richard, Isabel's husband, calls Nina to come and help out and spend time with her sister.
Isabelle is a great friend to two men, gay partners, who spend lots of time at her bedside. This allows Nina to find time alone, and to connect to Richard....in a very illicit manner!
What unfolds is the story of two sisters who are so different, but tied together by a family secret that comes out.
The writing is really quite beautiful. This is my second Dunmore novel and not my last!
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