Angelique S. reviewed on 7/16/2010 + 3 more book reviews

The story is that a bookish woman who mostly just works for her father in his rare books-store and assists with memoirs at times is requested by a best-selling author to write her story. This particular author is extremely popular, but has hidden her history extremely well. As she tells her story to the biographer, it brings out some of her personal issues with her mother and her own identity. There is an attempt to create a running theme on the topic of twins and their unique relationship. This aspect did not entirely convince me, but it did not detract from the marvelous story. The writer's story itself was fascinating. It has that slightly strange melancholy quality that reminds me of Bronte novels. Oddly or not, Jane Eyre plays a prominent part of the story. I'm fairly sure that these two facts are not accidental, but I'm not sure I can explain what the author did that elicited this sensation.

Really great story, well told. The writer feeds out the story slowly, providing just the right information at just the right time, reels you in, and then ties up the ending at just the last moment.

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