And as it turns out, Elspeth might be haunting the apartment and manipulating its occupants from beyond the grave. Julia wants to keep her twin close, but also wants to have adventures in their new home. Normally shy Valentina wants to spread her wings and pull away from Julia, but doesn’t know how to do it. The twins have always been close, mirror images of each other, but their relationships does have some some strains that living away from their parents start to make worse. Martin is struggling with his own battle - a near crippling case of obsessive compulsive disorder that has caused his wife Marijke to leave him and return to Denmark Amsterdam.
Robert is a historian working on a history of Highgate Cemetery who is struggling to get over Elspeth after she died. When they arrive, Julia and Valentina get absorbed into the strange life of Elspeth’s neighbors in the apartment building - Elspeth’s lover Roger Robert and her upstairs neighbor Martin.
Wanting to get away from their parents, Julia convinced the more timid Valentina to go on the London adventure with her. When Elspeth dies, she leaves her London flat (located directly next to the famous Highgate Cemetery) to her nieces Julia and Valentina on the condition that the girls live in the apartment for a year. Long Summary: Elspeth and Edie Noblin have been estranged since they were young women - Elspeth remained in London while Edie immigrated to the United States with her fiance Jack. One Sentence Review: Although Her Fearful Symmetry isn’t as emotionally intense as The Time Traveler’s Wife, Niffenegger’s second novel still serves up curious supernatural doings in an artfully written story.īlogger’s Note: I received a free copy of this book for review from Regal Literary. Too bad Elspeth might not actually be gone! Two Sentence Summary: When their estranged Aunt Elspeth dies and leaves them her apartment, twins Julia and Valentina move to London.
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