When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O

“More than a mystery, Barbara O’Neal’s When We Believed in Mermaids is a story of childhood-and innocence-lost, and the long-hidden secrets, lies, and betrayals two sisters must face in order to make themselves whole as adults. Don’t miss this masterfully told story of sisters and secrets, damage and redemption, hope and healing.” -Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author From the very first page, I was drawn into the drama and irresistibly teased along as layers of a family’s complicated past were artfully peeled away. With her trademark lyrical style, she’s written a page-turner of the first order. “There’s a reason Barbara O’Neal is one of the most decorated authors in fiction. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything. Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives. Of a lost teenage boy who’d become part of their family. With it comes a flood of emotions-grief, loss, and anger-that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who’s been living a lie.Īfter arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable.

Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed.

Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news… An Amazon Charts, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller.įrom the author of The Art of Inheriting Secrets comes an emotional new tale of two sisters, an ocean of lies, and a search for the truth.

When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal