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Original Title: | The behaviour of moths |
ISBN: | 1844084868 (ISBN13: 9781844084869) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Virginia Stone, Vivian Stone, Maud Stone, Arthur Morris, Clive Stone |
Poppy Adams
Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.2 | 3858 Users | 753 Reviews
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Title | : | Behavior Of Moths |
Author | : | Poppy Adams |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 2008 (first published 2008) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Gothic. Historical. Historical Fiction. Audiobook. Literary Fiction |
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From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not set foot in the house since she left, forty-seven years ago; Ginny, the reclusive moth expert, has rarely ventured outside it.But with Vivien's arrival, dark, unspoken secrets surface. Told in Ginny's unforgettable voice, this debut novel tells a disquieting story of two sisters and the ties that bind - sometimes a little too tightly.
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Ratings: 3.2 From 3858 Users | 753 ReviewsNotice Of Books Behavior Of Moths
Review based on ARC.This was a fascinating book, by all accounts. The narrator of the book appears, at first glance, to be a "normal" elderly woman, waiting for her sister after almost 50 years of absence. The story she tells is strange and traumatic, yet as the novel progresses, the reader becomes aware that there is not just a little bit hiding below the surface. Through inconsistencies in the narrator's story (not, however, in the author's) and questions almost begging to be asked (though,If you ask me, both titles of this book are completely unsatisfactory The Sister sounds way generic and brings up about a million hits in any google or goodreads search, while Behavior of Moths sounds like a boring textbook that no one wants to read. Here are three potential alternatives: (1) Unraveling the Mysteries of Brimstone Fluorescence conveys the esoteric tone of the book while referencing the science experiment that Ginny (main character) and her dad were conducting when the shit
The thesis of this book is marginally interesting. The protagonist, now in her 60s, is a recluse with significant mental problems who has lived alone in the crumbling family mansion for several decades. Her sister, whom she has not seen for thirty years, has decided to move "home" for her retirement. The action takes place over a long weekend, but there are extensive flashbacks to fill in the background.The family are leipdopterists, and the book is filled with far too much moth lore for my
This book was loaned to me by a friend of mine who described it as the strangest book she had ever read. My bar for strange has been raised pretty high, so this book had a lot to live up to. Initially, I was surprised to find myself utterly engrossed by something that is the complete opposite of virtually everything in my library. This curious tale of two elderly sisters in an old Victorian house with nothing in common but a forty-year rift and their family's interest in moths was a much more
_The Sister_ by Poppy Adams (2008)Added April 26, 2009.My Goodreads friend, Jeff, recommended this book to me because I enjoyed Diane Setterfield's _The Thirteenth Tale_ so much.Jeff wrote: "Joy, if you liked The Thirteenth Tale, you'd also probably really like Poppy Adams' The Sister. It's superb gothic storytelling, much like the Setterfield."I'm looking forward to reading this book.9/23/11 - I started reading this book several days ago. The author likes to describe things and loses my
Good ending + bad, slow beginning + whoa, that's a lotta moths = The SisterOne good quotation: "Is it really necessary to record your life in order to make it worthwhile or commendable? Is it worthless to die without reference? Surely those testimonials last another generation or two, and even then they don't offer much meaning. We all know we're a mere fleck in the tremendous universal cycle of energy, but no one can abide the thought of their life, lived so intensively and exhaustively, being
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