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You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters In Conversation Throughout Their Lives (2009)

by Deborah Tannen(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1400066328 (ISBN13: 9781400066322)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Random House

review 1: My mother gave me this book to read years ago. Three moves later, I decided I needed to read it. I'm glad I read it. It was an interesting read about how sisters specifically communicate with each other. I have two younger sisters so I could identify with the overarching themes of the book. I don't think that the book heightened my awareness on any matters. There was no 'aha' moment for me through out the book. If you have sisters you will be able to relate to this book and it may help provide some insight about how or why your sister is reacting to the things you say and do.
review 2: Having recently taken a 4-day vacation with my two sisters, the timing for reading this book was perfect. I've read other of Tannen's books and always find them interesting, but... more also find that my family doesn't really fit the typical conversational mode that she describes. I don't remember my eldest sister "mothering" me - my next oldest sister tended to do that more, but even she didn't do it that much once I got to be about 8 or so. Tannen's take on the "meta-message" that sisters (and indeed, all family members) deliver with every seemingly simple conversation gave me something to think about. And I saw my sisters and myself in her description of familial conversational styles, and the way in which a sister only has to say a certain phrase or name, and the others are ready to chime in or laugh. less

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