katherine l. smyth

From the cover:

When tragedy strikes on an Australian coastal road, orphaned twins Jared and Asha are thrust into a new way of life in America with family they’ve never even met. Sometimes humorous, sometimes haunting, Siblings is a vignetted journey through candid snapshots and remembered moments of Asha’s life. Siblings is an engaging tale that touches on the loss of childhood innocence, of coping with grief and struggling through the adversities of being a teenager, and ultimately it is a reminder of the rewards that await perseverance, in life and in love.

From Katherine L. Smyth's website:

Siblings‘ protagonist, Asha Jackson, is like no one you’ve ever known, or is possibly just like someone you do know right now. Sounds odd doesn’t it. In a nutshell Asha was born in Australia, has a twin brother Jared, and together are they thrust into the American midwest after being tragically orphaned. Asha endures being bullied throughout high school and struggles on a daily basis just to survive, despite this, Asha has big dreams of being the next big thing in the film industry, not as an actor, but as a filmmaker. During their first summer in Michigan, Asha and Jared meet two sisters, Charlotte and Corrina, who between them once again turn the twins’ lives upside-down.

But even when it looks like those dreams will become reality, and their chosen roads through life looks to easy, fate twists its hand and no one could have foreseen the outcome that would rock them all to their very cores.

Siblings is an engaging tale that touches on the loss of childhood innocence, of coping with grief and struggling through the adversities of being a teenager, and ultimately it is a reminder of the rewards that await perseverance, in life and in love. But it isn’t just about the daily struggles of high school, of choosing a career, of making friends. It’s about looking beyond what you see in the mirror each day, it’s about peering deeper into the murky waters of adolescence and figuring out who the stranger is that wears your skin. It’s only when you’re truly trapped that you begin the fight for the freedom to be yourself.

The only question that remains is, when you discover the truth, are you who you really think you are?