The Conjoined
3 journalers for this copy...
Amazon's description: Longlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award
A masterful and gripping novel from “an undeniably talented writer” (Globe and Mail)
On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery ― two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng ― troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away.
As Jessica learns more about Casey, Jamie, and their troubled immigrant Chinese parents, she also unearths dark stories about Donna, whom she had always thought of as the perfect mother. The complicated truths she uncovers force her to take stock of own life.
Moving between present and past, this riveting novel unflinchingly examines the myth of social heroism and traces the often-hidden fractures that divide our diverse cities.
*A different bookcrossing label used.
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Bought this a while back for future Home Sweet Home sweepstakes which features local authors. I picked it because the premise sounded intriguing. Wow, what a pleasant surprise! I was hooked from the beginning and could hardly put down the book once I started reading. A very good read.
A masterful and gripping novel from “an undeniably talented writer” (Globe and Mail)
On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery ― two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng ― troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away.
As Jessica learns more about Casey, Jamie, and their troubled immigrant Chinese parents, she also unearths dark stories about Donna, whom she had always thought of as the perfect mother. The complicated truths she uncovers force her to take stock of own life.
Moving between present and past, this riveting novel unflinchingly examines the myth of social heroism and traces the often-hidden fractures that divide our diverse cities.
*A different bookcrossing label used.
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Bought this a while back for future Home Sweet Home sweepstakes which features local authors. I picked it because the premise sounded intriguing. Wow, what a pleasant surprise! I was hooked from the beginning and could hardly put down the book once I started reading. A very good read.
Hope you enjoy my pick for the Home Sweet Home sweepstakes. Congratulations and enjoy!
Arrived today and looks great, thank you!
A good read, thank you for sharing mcscar! My first hard copy, fiction book in a while as we're just finishing up for the summer holidays here - moving house in August so thought I'd better start reading some books and moving them on to new homes :-)
Journal Entry 5 by pam99 at Tesco - Charity Bookshelf in Auchinleck, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, June 13, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (6/13/2021 UTC) at Tesco - Charity Bookshelf in Auchinleck, Scotland United Kingdom
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Journal Entry 6 by AnonymousFinder at Somewhere in the UK, -- Wild Released somewhere in UK -- United Kingdom on Saturday, October 23, 2021
Forget where I found it but think tesco in Auchinleck Scotland. A strange coincidence as I was watching gabor mate in vancouver East Side.