David's Sisters

Even now they are all grown up - and with problems of their own - Eleanor and Marion cannot lose the habit of worrying about their younger brother, David - he seems to bring bad luck wherever he goes. When their aunt Alice dies, the three siblings return to the family home in Pitcairn, near Aberdeen, for the funeral. But Alice's legacy reveals skeletons in the family cupboard: David is her illegitimate son, brought up by Eleanor and Marion's parents to avoid scandal. The revelation...
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Even now they are all grown up - and with problems of their own - Eleanor and Marion cannot lose the habit of worrying about their younger brother, David - he seems to bring bad luck wherever he goes. When their aunt Alice dies, the three siblings return to the family home in Pitcairn, near Aberdeen, for the funeral. But Alice's legacy reveals skeletons in the family cupboard: David is her illegitimate son, brought up by Eleanor and Marion's parents to avoid scandal. The revelation partly explains David's eccentricities, but causes both sisters to re-evaluate their past (particularly a tragic death by fire that might or might not have been David's fault) and to reconsider their future. Tender and lyrical, Moira Forsyth's novel is a moving exploration of the dynamics of the family in all its complexity.