The Weird Sisters
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3.6
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Eleanor Brown
The beloved New York Times bestseller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father—a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse—named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to.The sisters each have a hard time communicating with their parents and their lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian youngest sibling have in common? Only that none has found life to be what was expected; and now, faced with their parents' frailty and their own personal disappointments, not even a book can solve what ails them...
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Author
Eleanor Brown
Pages
400
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2012-02-07
ISBN
0425244148 9780425244142
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"Absolutely beautiful. The prose is almost lyrical, and the relationships between the sisters are so realistic that I can't believe they aren't real."
Ayna Owen
"This was one of my favourite books for a while. Not necessarily because the story is mind-blowing but because of how it made me feel. Something about it, the differences between the sisters and where each one is in their life, their disconnected bookish family, gave it a cosy nostalgic atmosphere. Some people may think the sisters’ characters are slight stereotypes, but the dynamic worked for me. There was a lot of symbolism behind each of their personalities. Especially if you have sisters it makes you reflect and wonder who fits where, how complex the roles within a family can be and how everyone is affected. I read it quite a few years ago so it’s a book I’d like to re-read at some point and re-review. It has lots of Shakespeare references and has a literary feel. I’ve read other reviews say that even if you’re not totally familiar with all of Shakespeare’s plays, you can still enjoy the story and get into it, and I would agree. "
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Beatriz Blair
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