The Poison Tree, (Paperback)

from jaidahsmommy

This book is told in alternating time periods by Karen, who ten years earlier had met a charasmatic young wanna-be actress named Biba at her college. Karen and Biba become fast friends, and she also meets Biba's older, strange brother Rex. The book jumps back and forth between the present time an...

from jaidahsmommy

This book is told in alternating time periods by Karen, who ten years earlier had met a charasmatic young wanna-be actress named Biba at her college. Karen and Biba become fast friends, and she also meets Biba's older, strange brother Rex. The book jumps back and forth between the present time an...

from Melanielgarrett

SPOILER possibility...proceed with caution...I enjoyed this, and will certainly look for others by this author. As well as a story that carries you along, the writing is generously peppered with interesting observations and compelling description.I've read other reviewer which comparing it to The...

from crazybatcow

Ahhh... the glorious days of youth. Or, maybe not... It is a very detailed book, with a lot of time invested in a collection of oddball characters, most of which are completely irrelevant to the story. From the start of the book, the reader knows something bad happened, and is left throughout mos...

from teresa1953

This was a very enjoyable read ....fairly easy going, but a little predictable. The plot centres around a group of people during one very hot summer in the nineties. Squatting in a once very upmarket house owned by their parents, before their Mother's suicide, Biba and Rex lead a bohemian and, so...