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The Sister Louise Jensen

Struggling with this one a bit, though I admire the writing.  Grace befriends Anna through an Internet post.  Anna is Charlie's half-sister though the sisters didn't know of one another.  Turns out that Charlie's father is dead (as is Charlie). He died in a car crash (sort of) caused by Anna when she was a child.  Anna distracted Dad and Dad got in a head-on. So now Grace has Anna living with her and her husband Dan even though things are going badly with her marriage.  Seems unlikely.

Anna wants to meet Lexi, Charlie's mother.  Lexi is drinking heavily (past alcoholic).  More on Grace/Dan from "then"--the chapters that describe the past.  Some sort of mystery is evolving.  Anna may not be telling the truth about her past.  Moving the story along would be nice.

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