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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • #1 LibraryReads Pick • Indie Next Pick

A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward

2019: Lucy awakens from…

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I love The Sirens because of its deftly woven structure that explores the dangers of the ocean, the mysteries of femininity, and the bond between women. Two sets of sisters, Jess and Lucy, who are living in contemporary Australia, and Mary and Eliza, born in late 1700’s Ireland and forced to endure a harrowing ocean journey, are the featured characters in this novel which blends true crime disappearances with ancient folklore. The result is a text that drips with watery images of a salt-laced sea and a mystery that kept me reading well into the night. Like the sirens of…

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