Has she snuck back in to tear her pictures out the the family album? Was she actually present when Violet took a knife to her little brother, William? Rose is missing, her motives unclear. Some of the Hursts even think they see her in the house on occasion, or think they see her handiwork of destruction. But Rose is one of those characters that seems to be hovering in the background, haunting the Hurst residence. There’s a third sibling, college-age Rose. The chapters alternate between the two siblings that we can account for: twelve year-old William and sixteen year-old Violet. This is Hudson River Valley country, beautiful, rustic and privileged. It takes place in Kingston in upstate New York in a neighborhood of dark ivy and historic stone-built houses. If you share my interest in novels about how families work, then this debut has to be on your must-read list. I read an e galley provided by the publisher. Homes with a twist of Gillian Flynn and a dash of Mommie Dearest. It’s coming from Crown on September 17th and it’s awesome. Mother, Mother is the debut novel by Koren Zailckas, the bestselling writer of the memoir, Smashed.
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