Lyon A Consent - Annabel Lyon Gebunden

Saskia and Jenny - twins - are alike in appearance only. Saskia is a grad student with a single-minded focus on her studies while Jenny is glamorous thrill-seeking and capricious. Still when Jenny is severely injured in an accident Saskia puts her life on hold to be with her sister. Sara and Mattie are sisters with another difficult dynamic. Mattie who is younger is intellectually disabled. Sara loves nothing more than fine wines perfumes and expensive clothing and leaves home at the first opportunity. But when their mother dies Sara inherits the duty of caring for her sister. Arriv ing at the house one day she is horrified to discover that Mattie has married their mother's handyman. The relationship ends in tragedy. Now Sara and Saskia both caregivers for so long are on their own - and come together through a cascade of circumstances as devastating as they are unexpected. Razor-sharp and profoundly moving Consent is a thought-provoking exploration of the complexities of familial duty of how love can become entangled with guilt resentment and regret.