Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com. – Barbara Ellis

“The Original Daughter,” by Jemimah Weh (Doubleday, 2025)

“An existence animated by anger is not the same thing as living a life.” When she is 8, Genevieve suddenly gets a 7-year-old sister, Erin. The girls eventually bond — perhaps too tightly — as they grow up together in Singapore. Erin becomes a media star and Genevieve — well, read the book to see what she becomes. Written well enough to keep my interest, I still was annoyed at times with the characters and the arc

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