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Received as part of the Southern Cross Book Exchange and then saw it pop up on the next recipients wish list in the Australasian RABCK tag game.

Read this intriguing book straight away and it had me hooked.

The story of a family, that falls apart as the result of a lie and then how the various family members try to redeem themselves.

This novel has been well researched , I was a little distracted by it not being written sequentially.

I was also pleased that this allowed me to tick off Indianna in the Read the States ( # 6/ 51) challenge.

Wow, that was quick! Thank you Edwardstreet, I wasn't expecting this book to turn up for ages yet :) You're a fast reader.
I still have quite a few ahead in the queue, but will put it quite near the top, as it does sound like a good read.
I'll probably try and make some of the events at the Auckland UnConvention - would be nice to put faces to the names :)

A thought provoking and rather sad read.

Amazon Editorial Review
From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.

Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and our narrator, Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons. “I spent the first eighteen years of my life defined by this one fact: that I was raised with a chimpanzee,” she tells us. “It’s never going to be the first thing I share with someone. I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren’t thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern’s expulsion, I’d scarcely known a moment alone. She was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half, and I loved her as a sister.”

Rosemary was not yet six when Fern was removed. Over the years, she’s managed to block a lot of memories. She’s smart, vulnerable, innocent, and culpable. With some guile, she guides us through the darkness, penetrating secrets and unearthing memories, leading us deeper into the mystery she has dangled before us from the start. Stripping off the protective masks that have hidden truths too painful to acknowledge, in the end, “Rosemary” truly is for remembrance.

Happy Birthday and Happy reading!

Thank you for the amazing birthday parcel, with three wishlist books, and goodies. You definitely put a smile on my face.

An interesting read, and quite fun. The ending was a bit too well tied together.

Thank you for sending this to me.

Passed on to -tui- while I was passing through Dunedin for work. Will probably end up in a book exchange shelf in their apartment block.
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I found this book interesting and disturbing. I remember reading about these activities in my youth, and wondered then how they could possibly be sanctioned or necessary. It is something to read to reinforce prejudices or to work to have it never happen again.

Received back from -tui- over the Christmas break.

Heading to Napier to be read in the sunshine.
If you aren't familiar with Bookcrossing, take a few minutes to check out this very cool site. Bookcrossers LOVE books, and more than anything, they love to read books and then set them free for other people to find and enjoy. I would love it if you would leave a journal entry -- you can say where you found the book or how you liked it when you read it.

Thank you kiwiinengland! You know Wishlist tag is one thing but complete RABCK is on another level entirely :D This sounds like an interesting read...

Wow, what a thinking book this is. My brain just can't stop thinking about what happens. Thank you kiwiinengland, I'm really glad to have read it. It had me gripped throughout. Was it disturbing? Yes, and it should be too. I've always been against vivisection, I'm glad someone wrote this book and fiction was a great way to handle it.

Sadly because of over-inflated postal rates I'm Wild Releasing in New Zealand. Released for International Bookcrossing Day 2022 - Please write home dear book!