The Orphan Sister by Gwendolen Gross

Growing up I've always wondered what it would have been like to be a twin or even a triplet. My fascination with multiples comes from a long family line of multiples, my dad being a twin himself.

To have a built in best friend from the time of conception seems like a bond unfounded. But sometimes this concept makes a turn for the worst and instead of best friends you feel like the third wheel without direction.

In The Orphan Sister, by Gwendolen Gross, Clementine Lord is the third daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lord and the third of a set of triplets. Clementine however is nothing like her sisters, for one she is the only one not identical within the set of three, unmarried and without a passion for healing humans. Her life has all been about being the odd one out.

Clementine is swept into family drama as her father suddenly disappears without notice and her family is in denial of the tragedy at hand. As the story moves forward Clementine faces the ideas that she never measured up to his standards or that of her sisters and mother. Her rebellion and love are torn to pieces one tragedy at a time all of which help piece her back together with her sisters in the end.

Clementine's story is refreshingly new and different. Gross is an author that is staying on my radar for the future. I highly recommend this novel as the obstetrical faced by each member of the family is one that reunites the bond that is formed from day one between the sisters.