In The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal, Iris risks estrangement from her sister Rose when an opportunity arises for Iris to pursue her ambition of becoming an artist.Īrt of a different kind, namely photography, is the focus of The Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott. Sisters, this time twin sisters, feature in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett in which Stella and Desiree choose very different paths in life. Her current assignment is representing a company offering DNA testing.ĭNA testing forms a key part of My Secret Sister by Lauren Westwood in which a genetic match reveals previously unknown family connections.

This Ethan is the brother of Lex, the eponymous Girl A who, having overcome her traumatic childhood experiences, has become a lawyer. Once again, it’s a book I haven’t read but it concerns a poor New England farmer trying to eke out a living whilst in an unhappy marriage.Ī character called Ethan also appears in Girl A by Abigail Dean. This month’s starting book is Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. You can also check out links to posts on Twitter using the hashtag #6Degrees. Join in by posting your own six degrees chain on your blog and adding the link in the comments section of each month’s post. Or, you may choose to link them in more personal or esoteric ways: books you read on the same holiday, books given to you by a particular friend, books that remind you of a particular time in your life, or books you read for an online challenge. Kate says: Books can be linked in obvious ways – for example, books by the same authors, from the same era or genre, or books with similar themes or settings. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation!

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