Meet Rebecca and Hannah- inseparable sisters, until a betrayal tears their relationship apart and spins their lives in different directions.
Rebecca thinks the past is behind her.
She has spent the last 10 years working as a lawyer at an insurance firm in London, but she’s unfulfilled in her job, and her boyfriend, the one she didn’t even care about, has just dumped her. And then comes an email from Hannah, the sister she hasn’t spoken to in a decade.
On the surface, Hannah has it all.
A perfect house, a high-flying husband, an adorable daughter. But the facade is crumbling. Forced to reunite with Rebecca when they jointly inherit their grandmother’s clifftop house in Bondi, Hannah is reminded of the life she gave up all those years ago.
Over two weeks, everything the sisters think they know about each other changes forever.
With fierce and complicated family dynamics and a suspenseful edge, What Is Left For Us will have you switching and dividing allegiances until the last page.
(5/5)
Sophie Stern’s debut novel What Is Left for Us is such a beautiful read. From the very first page, I felt completely drawn in. Stern has a real gift for creating characters who feel messy, real, and deeply human and I found myself genuinely caring about all of them and completely invested in where their stories would go.
The relationships felt honest and believable, and at times I was torn, not quite sure who to side with, which made it all the more compelling.
Her writing is effortless, thoughtful and moving, but also warm and familiar in a way that stays with you after you’ve finished.
It’s an incredibly strong debut from Sophie Stern, and if this is just the beginning, I’ll definitely be looking out for whatever she writes next…hopefully a sequel.