Her Fearful Symmetry

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Twin sisters inherit flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery.

Recommended for fans of ghost stories with complex characters and atmospheric settings, such as The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Niffenegger's use of the cemetery as a character adds depth to the haunting tale of love, loss, and identity.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Book & Fiction (2009)
  • LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)
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Her Fearful Symmetry

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ISBN: 9780224085625
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM144.20 MYR
Publisher: Cape
Date of Publication: 2009-10-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.26
(rated by 94099 readers)

Description

Six years after the phenomenal success of The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger has returned with a spectacularly compelling and haunting second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers--with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another.The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building's other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including--perhaps--their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life--even after death.
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Twin sisters inherit flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery.

Recommended for fans of ghost stories with complex characters and atmospheric settings, such as The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Niffenegger's use of the cemetery as a character adds depth to the haunting tale of love, loss, and identity.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Book & Fiction (2009)
  • LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.