I had some problems with how the book ended and I had to process it for a couple of days before being comfortable with it. I could relate to feeling the need for independence, the feeling of not being allowed one’s own separate identity. I felt a personal connection to the theme of twin sisters and co-dependence. I’m still not sure how I feel about the ending. I found myself going through a range of emotions while reading it, and for a while after, as well. Niffenegger brings these quirky, troubled characters to marvelous life, but readers may need their own supernatural suspension of disbelief as the story winds to its twisty conclusion. Historic Highgate Cemetery, which borders Elspeth's home, serves as an inspired setting as the twins become entwined in the lives of their neighbors: Elspeth's former lover, Robert Martin, an agoraphobic crossword-puzzle creator and the ethereal Elspeth herself, struggling to adjust to the afterlife. These 20-year-old dilettantes, Julie and Valentina, move to London, eager to try on a new experience like one of their obsessively matched outfits. When Elspeth Noblin passed away she bequeathed her London flat and its contents to the twin daughters of her estranged twin sister back in Chicago. Her Fearful Symmetry By Audrey Niffenegger
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