Brother & Sister: a deeply moving and insightful novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors
Oct 2010 · Random House
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'Pacy, absorbing and compassionate' Daily Mail
'Brilliantly perceptive' Daily Telegraph
'An important novel' Evening Standard
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Will a journey into the past lose them more than they gain?
Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents, and now, grown-up, with their own families, they are still close to one another. Brother and sister.
Except that they aren't - brother and sister that is.They were both adopted, when their loving parents, found that they couldn't have children themselves. And up until now it's never mattered.
But suddenly, Nathalie discovers a deep need to trace her birth parents and is insisting that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all, that sometimes, the answers to who we are and where we come from can be more difficult than the questions ...
This is an emotional and thought-provoking novel about who we are and where we come from is insightful and prescient, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse.
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Readers love Brother & Sister:
'5 stars'
'Kept me really interested all the way through'
'Another Joanna Trollope winner'
'Very entertaining and thought provoking'
'Brilliantly perceptive' Daily Telegraph
'An important novel' Evening Standard
_______________________________
Will a journey into the past lose them more than they gain?
Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents, and now, grown-up, with their own families, they are still close to one another. Brother and sister.
Except that they aren't - brother and sister that is.They were both adopted, when their loving parents, found that they couldn't have children themselves. And up until now it's never mattered.
But suddenly, Nathalie discovers a deep need to trace her birth parents and is insisting that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all, that sometimes, the answers to who we are and where we come from can be more difficult than the questions ...
This is an emotional and thought-provoking novel about who we are and where we come from is insightful and prescient, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse.
_______________________________
Readers love Brother & Sister:
'5 stars'
'Kept me really interested all the way through'
'Another Joanna Trollope winner'
'Very entertaining and thought provoking'
About the author
Joanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire.
She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature.
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