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A Twist of Fate - Joanna Rees (2012)
Two baby sisters are handed to a stranger, and one gets to live a life of privilege in America while the other is raised in an East German orphanage. Despite their disparate upbringings, both girls face adversity through the years. Thea, the daughter of a media mogul, has to deal with a stepmother and stepbrother who don't have her best interests at heart. Meanwhile model Romy is desperate that no one finds out about her past. The womens' paths cross several times over the years but they don't realise the other exists. This is a dramatic, well-paced read that spans 40 years and you have to admire the clever ways Rees brings the two sisters so tantalisingly close to meeting each other throughout the story.
A Twist of Fate, by Joanna Rees (aka Jo Rees and Josie Lloyd), is about two babies sold in East Germany into different lifestyles. The summary says: "Romy and Thea, two beautiful baby girls, their future's sealed with the flip of a coin. One will enter a life of privilege, surrounded by only the best money can buy. The other will fight for survival in an orphanage, against an evil regime who seek only to exploit her. Throughout the years their paths will cross, neither knowing who the other one is, their lives overflowing with secrets, blackmail and murder. From the snow-covered forests of Eastern Europe to the glistening white beaches of the Caribbean. From the gutters of London's Soho to the towering skyscrapers of New York, a twist of fate tore them apart, only their strength and determination can reunite them."