This book would be a good read for someone looking to explore unconventional family relationships. The beautifully crafted narrative takes you on a journey of self-discovery as the protagonist, Rosemary, navigates the complexities of her family dynamics. With its clever storytelling and thought-provoking insights, this book will keep you engaged from beginning to end, leaving you with a deeper understanding of the bonds that shape us.

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• Booker Prize Nominee (2014)
• Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
• Warwick Prize for Writing Nominee for Shortlist (2015)
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2014)
• California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (2013)
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014)
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2015)
• Specsavers National Book Award for International Author of the Year (2014)

What if you grew up to realise that your father had used your childhood as an experiment?Rosemary doesn't talk very much, and about certain things she's silent. She had a sister, Fern, her whirlwind other half, who vanished from her life in circumstances she wishes she could forget. And it's been ten years since she last saw her beloved older brother Lowell.Now at college, Rosemary starts to see that she can't go forward without going back, back to the time when, aged five, she was sent away from home to her grandparents and returned to find Fern gone.

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