I did however really enjoy the Wilding Sisters past stories. I loved how they came together as sisters. I found their past storylines to be much more engaging. The search for their missing cousin was intriguing. I would of preferred the story to have been centred around them solely as the Characters alone would of been enough. An enthralling story of secrets, sisters and an unsolved mystery -- Kate Morton * Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lake House * The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde is a story of Mystery, intrigue, Family Drama, Gothic & Atmospheric that mixes past and present. Of course, all of that would only work if the characters were engaging, and they were. They lived and breathed, and they pulled me right into their stories. I always love stories about sisters and I loved that these sisters were both distinctive and alike, and that the relationships between them were so very well drawn. The characters of step-mother and step-daughter in the present day were just as well done, and I was very impressed by the way that the relationship between the two was drawn and the way that it evolved. In the earlier time period, I found the relationships among the four Wilde sisters, affectionately dubbed the Wildlings by their Uncle Perry, interesting, especially seeing how the dynamic between them shifts over the course of the book. They’re certainly plunged in to a difficult situation. That this is likely to be the last summer which the sisters spend together before their futures start diverging, only adds to its poignancy.

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The Glass House/ The Daughters of Foxcote Manorportrays the subtle nuances of the relationships between mothers and daughters.Rich with heat and angst, in this novelthe thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, taking readers on a breathless journey into the darkest secrets of the human heart. Why do you think birds are often portrayed in literature and media as unnerving or eerie? How do you think the aviary sets the tone for this story, and if there was a different animal in the novel, do you think your experience of the read would have changed?

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Margot had been particularly close to Audrey, they had always resembled one another; and when she was in her family home, when she saw how deeply her disappearance still troubled her aunt, she couldn’t help being drawn into the life that he cousin had left behind and being troubled by the unsolved mystery. Margot misses Audrey terribly at the beginning of the novel, but as the summer progresses her relationship to Audrey seems to change as well. What does Audrey’s friendship mean to Margot? Why do you think Margot goes along with Sybil’s fantasy? How does pretending to be Audrey change Margot? Hera finding a baby abandoned in the woods is a big turning point in the novel. Do you think Rita and the Harrington’s made the right decision in that situation? If you were in their shoes, how would you have reacted? Beautifully written with superb characters, this is a deeply satisfying novel which glows with texture and emotion -- Elizabeth Buchan * Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton *

The four sisters move to Applecote Manor to live with their Aunt Sybil and Uncle Peregrine when their mother goes abroad. Aunt Sybil has imprisoned herself in the home since the disappearance of her daughter, Audrey, five years earlier. She went down to the river one day and was never seen again. What happened to Audrey Wilde? What is everyone slowly uncovering? What secrets does everyone carry? Discuss the ways in which childhood trauma affected each character in the novel. If you were Lauren, Kat, or Flora, how do you think you would have changed after that fateful summer?