Little Sister — Carol Birch

Cathy Wren, aged 37, lives alone in a small town, surviving on waitressing and piano teaching. Nursing her quiet, drab life, she keeps memories of her tumultuous past at bay -- until one stray remnant of that old life knocks on her front door. Suddenly, Cathy is thrown into a weird and haphazard journey that turns into much more than a search for the little sister she hasn't seen for 10 years. This is a remarkable novel about life and death, fact and fiction, desire, envy, families, and forgiveness.