For example, during an argument, Katherine calls her sister a narcissist-a term not yet coined in psychology at the time. Ringing less true, however, is the modern feel of the dialogue, given the supposed era. Eventually, the circumstances of her sister’s death are uncovered in an exquisitely crafted memory as lovely in its imagery as it is tragic. Employing an effective flash–back-and-forward technique, the author gradually reveals details about the girls’ relationship and the raw feeling of abandonment experienced by Katherine due to a clandestine affair Anna began in the months before her death. At the novel’s opening, her grief has reached a breaking point. Carried along by the character’s dreamily melancholy narrative style, readers will drift with Katherine amid the grandeur of Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Fair. A young woman is lost in grief following the death of her twin sister in this tender, quiet work of historical fiction.
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