Her Fearful Symmetry
2 journalers for this copy...
I actually had a nightmare after finishing this book, though it's not a horror story: "Julia and Valentina Poole are twenty year old sisters with an intense attachment to each other. One morning the mailman delivers a thick envelope to their house in the suburbs of Chicago. Their English aunt Elspeth Noblin has died of cancer and left them her London apartment. There are two conditions for this inheritance: that they live in the flat for a year before they sell it and that their parents not enter it. Julia and Valentina are twins. So were the girls' aunt Elspeth and their mother, Edie.
The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders the vast Highgate Cemetery. Julia and Valentina become involved with their living neighbors: Martin, a composer of crossword puzzles who suffers from crippling OCD, and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. They also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including --perhaps-- their aunt."
I enjoyed this book alot, the twists in the plot are fascinating.
The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders the vast Highgate Cemetery. Julia and Valentina become involved with their living neighbors: Martin, a composer of crossword puzzles who suffers from crippling OCD, and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. They also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including --perhaps-- their aunt."
I enjoyed this book alot, the twists in the plot are fascinating.
Wonderfully creative story! I loved the ambience of London and the old Highgate cemetery. Martin was my favorite character.
Journal Entry 3 by judygreeneyes at Hillcrest in San Diego, California USA on Sunday, March 25, 2012
Released around dinner time outside the huge used book store on 5th Ave just south of University in Hillcrest.
You have in your hands a gift. This book is yours to do with as you wish...read it, share it, keep it, pass it on. Thanks for finding this book! I hope you enjoy reading it. Please leave a journal entry and let me know where this book has traveled! It can be done anonymously if you wish :)
You have in your hands a gift. This book is yours to do with as you wish...read it, share it, keep it, pass it on. Thanks for finding this book! I hope you enjoy reading it. Please leave a journal entry and let me know where this book has traveled! It can be done anonymously if you wish :)