POPPY ADAMS

Adams, Poppy From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not set foot in the house since she left, forty-seven years ago; Ginny, the reclusive moth expert, has rarely ventured outside it. But with Vivien's arrival, dark, unspoken secrets surface. Told in Ginny's unforgettable voice, this debut novel tells a disquieting story of two sisters and the ties that bind - sometimes a little too tightly.

This lyrical and haunting story of two sisters, their troubling past, and the terrible secrets they each want buried will stay with you long after you close the book. A wonderful book loaded with twists and turns that come straight from the heart.

Poppy Adams From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her adored younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not stepped foot in the house since she left, forty seven years ago; Ginny, the reclusive lepidopterist, has rarely ventured outside it. The remembrance of their youth, of loss, and of old rivalries plays across Ginny's mind. Why is Vivi coming home? Ginny has been selling off the family furniture over the years, gradually shutting off each wing of the house and retreating into the precise routines and isolation that define her days. Only the attic remains untouched. There, collected over several generations, are walls lined with pinned and preserved Bordered Beauties and Rusty Waves, Feathered Footmen and Great Brocades, Purple Cloud, Angle Shades, the Gothic and the Stranger ...

Despues de casi medio siglo de ausencia, Ginny espera la llegada de su hermana menor Vivien al hogar familiar, un caserón victoriano que se ha ido deteriorando con el paso de los años. Desde hace ya mucho tiempo, Ginny vive alli sola, o casi, ya que la acompañan sus recuerdos y una gran coleccion entomologica de mariposas y polillas, pasion de herencia familiar. Inevitablemente, la esperada visita de Vivien llevara a ambas hermanas a revisitar un pasado comun, en el que tambien duerme algun que otro fantasma que amenaza con resquebrajar la tranquilidad y la comoda soledad en la que esta instalada desde hace mucho tiempo.