The Good Sister
by Drusilla Campbell, Hachette NZ, $29.99
Drusilla Campbell holds nothing back in this powerful book about family relationships and post-partum depression.
It is the story of a family in crisis, focusing on three generations of women trying to overcome a legacy of violence, secrecy and lies while in the
glare of the media spotlight after one of them is charged with trying to kill her children.
The story is seen through the eyes of Roxanne Callahan, who has always been her younger sister's caretaker, now more than ever when the emotionally unstable Simone, suffering from depression, commits an unforgivable crime for which Roxanne comes to believe she is partially responsible. A harrowing but gripping read providing an insight into a serious but often misunderstood affliction facing many women.
