Will I love The House of Two Sisters?

This thoroughly engrossing tale about the lasting bond between siblings—both human and divine—follows the attempts of Clementine (Clemmie) Attridge, a budding Egyptologist living in 1890s England, to rectify a mistake made by her father that has placed the entire family in jeopardy. What I particularly love about this book is the author’s ability to take the timeworn image of the mummy’s curse and peel it back, layer by layer, to reveal the true source of the supposed curse: human failings such as arrogance, insensivity, avarice, and more. In the process, she raises questions that still have present relevance—specifically the theft… show more.