The Good Sister

I listened to the audiobook of The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth mostly while driving. This book had a complicated plot so I had to pay more attention than usual but it was totally worth the effort. Fern and Rose Castle are twin sisters raised by a single mother. Rose tells her side of the story via diary and Fern tells her side of the story too. While it is true that sister can have different recollections of the same event, Fern and Rose have widely divergent views. Rose saw her mother as a child abusing, addicted, crazy mother. Fern saw her as average. Fern has sensory issues and can get overwhelmed with too much noise or too many people approaching her. Fern has had the occasional melt down. Rose can calm Fern. So which is the good sister? I had one impression for 93% of the book and another impression for the final 7% of the book. By the end of the story Fern and Rose are 25 years old. This is one of the best books I have read this year!