The Sisterhood - Emily Barr

*****THE SYNOPSIS***** We all have a dark side... Elizabeth Greene is devastated when her boyfriend of ten years leaves her for someone else. After a night of drowning her sorrows leads to an unexpected one-night stand, Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and vulnerable. Helen has just discovered she has a sister she didn't know she had. Bored with her privileged life in France and driven by a need to gain her parents' approval, Helen sets out to find her sister and reunite her with her long-lost mother. When her search leads her to Elizabeth the two women become closely linked. But their connection to one another is founded on a dark ...  Read the complete review

The Sisterhood is Emily Barr's seventh novel. I had read and enjoyed some of her earlier ones, but The Sisterhood is by far her most intriguing and enjoyable. The novel is about two women for whom life has not exactly gone to plan so far. Helen struggles to maintain a relationship with her parents. It is obvious from very early on that she is a desperately unhappy young woman who sees her world in a very specific way.She is astounded to discover that her mother has been keeping a dark secret from her all her life - the existence of an older sister. That older sister is Liz Greene, newly pregnant but abandoned by her long term boyfriend who suddenly reveals ...  Read the complete review

As a fan of Emily Barr's previous novel's especially Backpack I was delighted when I found a copy of this one in my local charity shop and I have been engrossed ever since. The Plot : Helen is a 20 year old girl living in a gorgeous vineyard in France with her french father and English mother, neither of whom she is particularly close to. Helen is a quiet girl who's only friend is her younger brother Tom, who goes with Helen to her mothers room one day where they manage to find a secret box of letters and photographs. In amongst these memories are a collection of pictures of Helen's mother Mary with a baby girl who Helen knows is not her. On closer ...  Read the complete review

I haven't heard of Emily Barr before this book, and this is the first of her books which I have read, other books you may have heard of are: BackPack Baggage Cuban Heels Atlantic Shift Plan B and Out of my Depth After reading this book, I will definitely be reading more books by Barr. Plot: Helen lives in Bordeaux, France, with her mother & father, who are rich wine makers, and also with her 15 yr old brother, Tom. Helen is 20, and fresh out of schooling. She has never really got on with her parents, well her mother inparticular, and feels they don't "love" her. Helen has gone so far as to move out into a ...  Read the complete review