The Sisters

By Nancy Jensen

Book Overview

Family secrets reverberate for generations in one of the "Best Novels of 2011" (Kirkus Reviews)

Growing up without a mother in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, Bertie Fischer and her older sister, Mabel, have only each other--with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie graduates from eighth grade, good intentions go terribly wrong, setting off a chain of misunderstandings that will change the lives of the next three generations.

What happens when nothing turns out as you planned? From the Depression through the second world war and Vietnam, and smaller events both tragic and joyful, Bertie and Mabel forge unexpected identities that are shaped by a past that no one ever talks about. Gorgeously written, with extraordinary insight and emotional truth, Nancy Jensen's brilliant first novel, The Sisters, illuminates the far-reaching power of family and family secrets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312548419
• ISBN13: 9780312548414
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting book but....

The characters are hard to keep track of while reading this book.

So disappointed, nothing was tied up at the end and it was nothing but bad after bad things happening, no good in this book. The writing was good but the book left me mad at the end.