Jane Basta

Slide Down My Cellar Door Jane Basta

Twin sisters, Mare Amy Silkes and Maeve Aggie Gordon have not seen one another since 1972. They were four years old when their father took Mare Amy away from the Descendants of David religious compound in Florida to live in Trinidad, Colorado. The girls mother, Day Jean LeBarre, stayed behind in the compound with Maeve Aggie and two-year-old Telley Mark. A series of lies and mistaken police reports, followed by a devastating fire at the compound, convince each of the surviving family members that the others are dead. The story traces the sisters through events that range from sentimentally delicious to terrifyingly dangerous.