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Audrey Niffenegger

/ November 29, 2009 / Her Fearful Symmetry

Artist and author Audrey Niffenegger became a publishing sensation in 2003 with her dark romance, The Time Traveler’s Wife: it sold millions of copies in dozens of languages and then became a Hollywood movie. Then her fans waited six long years for novel #2, Her Fearful Symmetry, another supernatural tale of love and identity, this time set in London. When young American twins inherit their aunt’s apartment abutting Highgate cemetery, they move in for a year and find themselves surrounded by some eccentric characters, only one of which is their aunt’s ghost. Niffenegger’s love of detail, her own devotion to Highgate cemetery (where she became a part-time guide) and smartly-written dialogue keeps the story moving along to an alarming—and creepy—conclusion.Listen Now

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