Little Sister

by Carol Birch (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $7.23

  Widowed Cathy Wren's unremarkable life is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Stephen Openshaw, ex-boyfriend of her ex-sister, Veronica. Stephen brings startling news: Veronica has AIDS and has disappeared. Together they journey to find her, rediscovering the story of their past.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.29

  'She's come to steal my thunder again, hasn't she? Dying, my foot. She's probably just being dramatic. Dying for dramatic effect. She would.' Cathy Wren, aged 37, lives alone in a small northern town, surviving on waitressing and piano teaching. She nurses her quiet drab life, keeping memories of a tumultuous earlier time at bay, until one stray remnant of that old life knocks on her front door. There, standing on her doorstep, in the rain, is Stephen, ex-boyfriend of her younger sister, Veronica Karen. He's come with bad news about her sister and a dogged determination to find her, and he wants Cathy's help. Cathy, who hasn't spoken to Veronica Karen - that thorn in her side - for ten years, is about to find herself on a weird and haphazard journey that turns into much more than a search for her little sister. 'It is in its delicate exploration of the murky ground between objective assessment for life and irrational affection for a person that the novel compels' - TLS