![]() Nine years before Audrina was born, her elder sister – also named Audrina and also born on September 9 – was raped and murdered in the woods on her ninth birthday. Audrina's father, however, is convinced that Audrina "walks in her own time space". The family takes special care to keep Audrina unaware of precise dates, including that of her own birthday – even though Audrina knows that she was born on the ninth of September, she is frequently confused about the exact passage of time, leading Vera to mock her for being insane. ![]() ![]() ![]() Audrina lives at Whitefern, a Victorian-era mansion, with her father Damian, her mother Lucietta, her aunt Ellsbeth, and her cousin Vera. The story features diverse subjects, such as brittle bone disease, rape, posttraumatic stress disorder and diabetes, in the haunting setting of a Victorian-era mansion near the fictitious River Lyle.Īudrina Adare claims she is seven years old when the novel begins, although it is later revealed that Audrina's memory is unreliable. ![]() The story takes place in the Mid-Atlantic United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It was the only stand-alone novel published during Andrews' lifetime and was a number-one best-selling novel in North America. ![]()
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