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"What is one sister without the other? Is it even possible toimagine? New York Times "bestselling author Luanne Rice exploresthe complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that holdtogether three pairs of remarkable sisters. Here in the halls ofNewport Academy, a unique private school that has attractedgenerations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, an unforgettablelesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin....After years away, Maura Shaw has returned to Newport, Rhode Island,to teach English at the academy. Behind her lies her life as theperfect Midwestern wife and mother, a life that seemed on thesurface to be all she had ever wished for. That illusion vanishedin a storm off Mackinac Island in the wake of an accident thatengulfed Maura's husband and her older daughter, Carrie. Now, withher son and younger daughter, she hopes to find a new beginning.Newport has never failed to infuse Maura with a sense of mysteryand hope. But for fourteen-year-old Beck, the move is a painfulupheaval from everything she has ever loved--especially her sister,Carrie. Ever since her sister disappeared, Beck has retreated intothe world of mathematics, where principles are permanent, unlike somany other things in life. Without Carrie, Beck has lost half ofherself--the half that would have fit in at the elite privateschool she and her brother, Travis, will now attend. The half thatmade things right. Still, Beck clings to the hope that her sisterwill return to them. Beck isn't alone in her struggle to adjust. Atsixteen, Travis is juggling a long-distance first love and anattraction to an expensive-looking girl with a wicked sparkle inher eye. And for Maura, ghosts linger here--an unresolved breachwith her own beloved sister and a long-ago secret that may now havethe power to set her free.... Set against the breathtaking beautyof the New England coast at its most dramatic, populated by a castof indelible characters, The Geometry of Sisters" "is Luanne Riceat her most compelling, a dazzling world to which readers will wantto return again and again. "From the Hardcover edition."