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O'Neal, Barbara, 1959-

When we believed in mermaids / Barbara O'Neal. - Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2019] - 341 pages ; 21 cm.

From the author of The Art of Inheriting Secrets comes an emotional new tale of two sisters, an ocean of lies, and a search for the truth. Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news ... Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It's what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit's world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions-grief, loss, and anger-that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who's been living a lie. After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who'd become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives. Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything.

ISBN: 9781542004527 1542004527

LCCN: 2020275265

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB9A1863 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019428321 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sisters--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction
Reconciliation--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Auckland (N.Z.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Chick lit
Domestic fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3573.I485 / W54 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6