Breaking the Spine holds an awesome meme every week where book bloggers share what they’re looking forward to. Hello to my rec this week: Arrowood
I can’t stop thinking about that house in the background: everything about it is mysterious, which promises lots and lots of secrets and a mystery. The story revolves around Arden and her search for the truth about her missing twin sisters. They disappeared 20 years who when she was supposed to be watching them, and after that, her family broke apart — which sounds like ALL kinds of brilliant.
But wait, there’s more: when Arden returns to Arrowwood, she starts trying to find out what happened to her sisters, and voila: SECRETS!
And here’s the blurb:
A haunting novel from the author of The Weight of Blood about a young woman’s return to her childhood home—and her encounter with the memories and family secrets it holds
Arrowood is the most ornate and grand of the historical houses that line the Mississippi River in southern Iowa. But the house has a mystery it has never revealed: It’s where Arden Arrowood’s younger twin sisters vanished on her watch twenty years ago—never to be seen again. After the twins’ disappearance, Arden’s parents divorced and the Arrowoods left the big house that had been in their family for generations. And Arden’s own life has fallen apart: She can’t finish her master’s thesis, and a misguided love affair has ended badly. She has held on to the hope that her sisters are still alive, and it seems she can’t move forward until she finds them. When her father dies and she inherits Arrowood, Arden returns to her childhood home determined to discover what really happened to her sisters that traumatic summer.
Arden’s return to the town of Keokuk—and the now infamous house that bears her name—is greeted with curiosity. But she is welcomed back by her old neighbor and first love, Ben Ferris, whose family, she slowly learns, knows more about the Arrowoods’ secrets and their small, closed community than she ever realized. With the help of a young amateur investigator, Arden tracks down the man who was the prime suspect in the kidnapping. But the house and the surrounding town hold their secrets close—and the truth, when Arden finds it, is more devastating than she ever could have imagined.
Arrowood is a powerful and resonant novel that examines the ways in which our lives are shaped by memory. As with her award-winning debut novel, The Weight of Blood, Laura McHugh has written a thrilling novel in which nothing is as it seems, and in which our longing for the past can take hold of the present in insidious and haunting ways.
What do you think of Arrowood?
OMG…..This is no joke, Verushka…..I actually got goose bumps while reading the synopsis!! And that house has burned itself into my memory!! I think I NEED to read this book! Thanks so much for putting it out there, for us obsessed bookworms to pick up on!! Of course I’ve never heard of it before, so thanks to you, this novel is now going right onto my Goodreads shelves!! Thanks for sharing!! HAPPY READING!! <3 : )
I did too! For me, it’s that house Maria. It totally made the ocver for me!
What a great sounding book…and twins. I think sometimes twins can be so creepy in books (The Ice Twins – which is awesome by the way). I also love the cover so I’m adding this one to my wishlist immediately!
Oh, IA, twins can definitely be SO creepy done right!
Definitely adding to my TBR!!
Thanks for stopping by my WoW!
Awesome!
Ooh this does sound good. I like the thought of her coming back to find old secrets and what really happened. great pick!
IKR? And, it’s so much bigger than she thought (I think!)
I’m loving the synopsis!!! Will be adding it to my TBR list right away. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by my blog today. 🙂
Jackie @Jackie’s Book World
Brilliant, Jackie 🙂
This sounds awesome and I hadn’t heard of it before. Love the cover too!!
Thanks Grace!
Thanks for sharing Verushka. I love reading about mysteries twin stories. Going to start this one ASAP! I’m impressed with your blog!
Exciting!! I LOVED The Weight of Blood, so I’m expecting some deliciously dark prose in this one. I remember her mentioning this book ages ago and I can’t wait until it’s out.
Omg, why I haven’t I heard of this yet?? This sounds AMAZING. I need to add this one to my wish list! Great pick!
This does sound like it could be a good mystery! And you’re right about that house in the background, makes it look really spooky. Great pick! Thanks for visiting my WOW earlier!
It does look very mysterious. Now I want to know what happened to the twins!