Name: The Conjoined
ISBN: 9781770412842

Jen Sookfong Lee

Social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother's belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery: two dad girls curled into the bottom of her mother' chest freezers.

The Conjoined

MacKenzie Hamon

Both me and my grandma loved this book! Which speaks strongly to the character development and fast-paced plot. I read it in virtually one sitting.

I enjoyed what this book was trying to do. Uncovering the "real" story of the background and leadup to the death of two young, Asian girls who end up in the foster system. How it affects the different people involved and how stories can get twisted along the way. 

And yet I just wasn't sold. Maybe it was the audio that I didn't enjoy - I just can't sink into narration that includes music and sound effects? Or maybe it was the writing style which depicted what was happening but didn't have me really engaging with the tragic things that were happening to characters. Maybe it was the multiple perspectives and bouncing around the different timelines. 

Either way, I wasn't engaged in this story the way I feel I should have been.

The Conjoined

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