A review by bsmith27
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

4.0

A novel about twins. Fern is neuro-atypical and Rose is neurotypical. The story is told in two parts, flashing back and forth from Fern currently and also from Rose's diary. Fern has always grown up leaving that she killed a boy. Rose's diary tells of a troubled childhood where they moved a lot and their mother was not stable. However fern disagrees with this and thinks their childhood was fine. Fern works as a librarian and lives alone. Rose is married her husband are a estranged. Rose wants to have a baby but it's been told that it will be hard for her to get pregnant she mentions this in front of her sister who decides to help by getting pregnant for her. Burn me to man who comes to the library to use their showering facilities because he lives in a van. You learn that the man named Rocco but whom Fern calls Wally is not homeless but simply chooses this lifestyle. He's actually very wealthy because he developed an app and sold it. Fern becomes pregnant and under roses guidance breaks up with Wally. She goes through the whole pregnancy with the understanding that she will give the baby to her sister because she cannot be trusted with a child. Through the whole story Fern has visited their mother who suffered an overdose years ago and lost the power of speech. At the very end of ferns pregnancy her mother starts to be able to talk again and tell her not to give the baby to Rose. A few days later her mom dies. Fern goes into labor and begins the question to her sister. Rose had gone to Wally and ask for money and Rose's husband shows up and says divorced her because she lied a lot. Fern leaves the hospital with the baby and believe she is being arrested as a kidnapper. The police say that however that they believe that Rose killed their mother. Wally comes back into the picture at this point and Fern and Wally make it very happy little family. A great story about a successful neural atypical person