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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

The Foursome

★★★★★

Reviewed May 21, 2026 · Historical Fiction

Sarah and Adelaide are two sisters living on a plantation in Wilkes County, North Carolina. After a family scandal, the sisters find themselves socially ostracized and no longer viewed as the desirable marriage prospects they once expected to be. In 1839, Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in town and set up a farm. Known as the original “Siamese twins” — from…

Published by Mariner Books

Happy reading,
Karen