The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
by Maggie O'Farrell

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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Author: Maggie O'Farrell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-02
ISBN: 0156033674
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Mariner Books
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  • ISBN13: 9780156033671
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Book Review: A HAUNTING FAMILY DRAMA
Summary: 5 Stars


In the middle of an average work day, Iris Lockhart receives a phone call that changes her life forever. She is informed that Esme Lennox, a great aunt she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital--a mental institute where she's been locked up for sixty-one years, five months and four days. Iris is shocked. Her grandmother always claimed to be an only child. If Iris claims Esme and takes her into her home, what other secrets will Esme reveal?

I'm not certain if I loved this book or hated this book. It is undeniably well written and extremely compelling, but it is also not an easy book to read. Esme Lennox's story is on that will grab you and hold tight, prodding you to read on until you've finished the last page. Then, it will haunt you.

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox is part mystery, part family drama. It's incredibly sad yet mesmerizing. If you need a happily ever after, this isn't the book for you. However, if you want a book you will remember reading long after you've closed the cover pick up Maggie O'Farrell's The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.

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Summary of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Maggie O'Farrell's captivating and critically acclaimed gothic tale of family secrets and the irrepressible freedom that truth brings

 

Chic and independent, Iris Lockhart is tending to her vintage-clothing shop in Edinburgh (and evading her married boyfriend) when she receives a stunning phone call: her great-aunt Esme?whom she never knew existed?is being released from Cauldstone Hospital, where she has been locked away for more than sixty years. Iris?s grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme?s papers prove she is Kitty?s sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her father in Esme?s face. Esme has been labeled harmless?sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world?but she's still basically a stranger, a family member hidden away who will surely bring secrets with her when she leaves the ward. Moving expertly among the voices of Iris, Kitty, and Esme herself, Maggie O'Farrell reveals the story of Esme's tragic and haunting absence.

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