THE SILENT SISTER

A GOODREADS NEW RELEASE!  AND IT WAS A GOOD READ!  RETURNING TO HER HOME TOWN OF NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, RILEY MACPHERSON IS OVERWHELMED WITH THE TASK OF CLEANING OUT HER FATHER’S HOME AFTER HIS DEATH.  SHE BEGINS TO FIND CLUES THAT MAKE HER QUESTION HER LIFE AND IN EXECUTING THE WILL SHE MEETS PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HER FATHER BUT RILEY HAS NO IDEA WHY.  DIANE CHAMBERLAIN WEAVES A TALE THAT UNFOLDS INTO A TRUE GEM!

PUBLISHER’S EXCERPT:

In The Silent Sister, Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager.  Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she’s in New Bern, North Carolina cleaning out his house when she finds evidence to the contrary.  Lisa is alive.  Alive and living under a new identity.  But why exactly was she on the run all those years ago, and what secrets are being kept now?  As Riley works to uncover the truth, her discoveries will put into question everything she thought she knew about her family.  Riley must decide what the past means for her present, and what she will do with her newfound reality, in this engrossing mystery from international bestselling author Diane Chamberlain.

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RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA

I WAITED A LONG TIME TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!  CONSTRUCTING AMELIA WAS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN TEEN SUICIDE.  IT IS ABOUT PARENTING, MOTHER-DAUGHTER BONDS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEER PRESSURE.  KATE THINKS SHE REALLY KNOWS HER DAUGHTER, BUT WITH HER HECTIC WORK SCHEDULE SHE FINDS SO MUCH SHE DIDN’T KNOW.  STILL, SUICIDE DOES NOT RING TRUE FOR KATE AND SHE SETS HER SIGHTS ON FINDING THE TRUTH.  AND THE TRUTH WILL AMAZE YOU!

PUBLISHER’S NOTES:

• When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an urgent phone call summoning her to her daughter’s exclusive private school, she’s shocked. Amelia has been suspended for cheating, something that would be completely out of character for her over-achieving, well-behaved daughter.Kate rushes to Grace Hall, but what she finds when she finally arrives is beyond comprehension.Her daughter Amelia is dead.Despondent over having been caught cheating, Amelia has jumped from the school’s roof in an act of impulsive suicide. At least that’s the story Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. In a state of shock and overcome by grief, Kate tries to come to grips with this life-shattering news. Then she gets an anonymous text:Amelia didn’t jump.The moment she sees that message, Kate knows in her heart it’s true. Clearly Amelia had secrets, and a life Kate knew nothing about. Wracked by guilt, Kate is determined to find out what those secrets were and who could have hated her daughter enough to kill. She searches through Amelia’s e-mails, texts, and Facebook updates, piecing together the last troubled days of her daughter’s life.

  Reconstructing Amelia is a stunning debut page-turner that brilliantly explores the secret world of teenagers, their clandestine first loves, hidden friendships, and the dangerous cruelty that can spill over into acts of terrible betrayal.

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