When she was sixteen, Diana left her unhappy family and set out to make a new life. Twenty-five years later, she has arrived. Recently married to Edmund, she lives with him at his family's historic country home.
But when Diana hears that her mother has died, she impulsively asks estranged half-sister Valerie and her nine-year-old son to stay. The night of the funeral, fueled by wine and years of resentment, the sisters argue and a terrible accident occurs. The foundations of a well-ordered life start to crack and the lies begin to surface, one dangerous secret after another. And then there's the boy, watching, waiting.
The Half Sister is a profound and haunting portrayal of those who are imprisoned by their past and by the struggle to find the words which will release them.
- ISBN10 1786891247
- ISBN13 9781786891242
- Publish Date 5 April 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English