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Mirror Girls

Kelly McWilliams

A thrilling paranormal mystery about biracial twin sisters separated at birth following the brutal murder of their parents perfect for fans of The Vanishing Half

When Charlie and Magnolia's parents are brutally murdered their black grandmother brings the twins home to raise as her own. However Charlie is obviously black while Magnolia is light-skinned and can "pass" as white. As a result Magnolia is stolen away by her white grandmother and raised as the heir to the Gatewood cotton plantation knowing nothing of her twin sister or racial heritage.

Elsewhere their black grandmother flees Jim Crow raising Magnolia in a tiny apartment in Harlem. But when Nana falls ill her final wish is to be buried back home in Georgia-and unbeknownst to Charlie to see her long-lost granddaughter Magnolia Gatewood one last time.

Set in 1959 in a deeply haunted rural Georgia town both girls are visited by the angry spirits of their parents and other specters of the town's tragic past. When the sisters finally reunite as teenagers they are worlds apart. But they will need each other to put the ghosts of the past to rest-and to discover where they truly belong.

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  • Classification : Historical Fiction
  • Pub Date : FEB 8, 2022
  • Imprint : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Page Extent : 320
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9780759553873
  • Price : INR 1,365
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Kelly McWilliams

Kelly McWilliams is a mixed-race writer. She is the author of Doormat and Agnes at the End of the World. She lives in Seattle with her family.

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