Vannessa and Her Sister

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by Priya Parmar

1905, London: The Stephen siblings are at the forefront of a city that is ablaze with transformation. Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are moving out of their childhood home and into a house in Bloomsbury's green center. There, they form the Bloomsbury Group, a dazzling band of bright, flamboyant creative companions who will go down in history as legends. The loyal, talented sisters Vanessa, the painter, and Virginia, the writer, are at the center of this enchanted group. Each of the members of the group will go on to achieve fame and fortune, but Vanessa Bell has yet to sell a picture. The Times has recently rejected Virginia Woolf's book review.

Each of the members of the group will go on to achieve fame and fortune, but Vanessa Bell has yet to sell a picture. The Times has recently rejected Virginia Woolf's book review. Lytton Strachey hasn't put anything out yet. E. M. Forster has completed his first work but is unhappy with the title. John Maynard Keynes is unemployed and Leonard Woolf is still working as a state servant in Ceylon. This dazzling group of artists and thinkers defies convention and embraces the wild freedom of being young, unmarried London bohemians.

However, the landscape changes when Vanessa falls in love unexpectedly and her sister feels dangerously abandoned. Virginia has always relied on Vanessa's continual attention and support. She is eerily possessive, seductive, manipulative, and bright. Without it, she is on the verge of self-destruction and insanity. As tragedy and treachery threaten to destroy the family, Vanessa must decide whether or not it is now time to put her own happiness first. Vanessa and Her Sister, the debut novel by intriguing young writer Priya Parmar, beautifully evokes the champagne-fueled days of prewar London and the fascinating lives of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf.