About the Book:
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.

Read from November 27 - 29, 2014
This was great. I knew nothing about it really before starting to read it, and I think this was a good thing.
It's such a great storyline and so well executed with such a witty narrator.
All characters are used well, and are so wide ranging.
Loved the writing style.

Off to BillBooks for the Southern Cross Book Exchange .

Many thanks J4Shaw looking forward to reading this

After more than five years sitting in one of my bookcases I think it's time to release this so a journey to the community bookcase in Ardrie Park is in order