Talking to the Dead - Helen Dunmore

Nina is finding herself attracted to Isabel s husband, Richard. The summer looks to be a time of upheaval with each character following their own agendas. Characters. H Helen Dunmore creates very believable but complex characters and in this book she concentrates everything into a claustrophobic summer of sibling rivalry, love and loss. The girls are portrayed in the present but also frequently flash back to episodes in the past. Isabel the eldest should be the leader and spokesperson, but Nina frequently turns the narrative around to her point of view so the reader isn t sure which character, if any, is telling the truth. There s a feeling of inevitability about the ...