Trying to understand what might have happened to her sister, Ann-Clare, Avis reads through her letters. It's been more than ten years since she disappeared in mysterious circumstances in Africa, their parents' homeland. The story slowly reveals Ann-Clare's history, including her tragedies, as her sister uncovers and revisits them one by one.

The Grass Sister is an evocative, moving, timeless novel about death, dying, sibling relationships-and moving forward while making sense of the past.