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Her Sister's Shadow (2011)

by Katharine Britton(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0425241742 (ISBN13: 9780425241745)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Berkley Trade

review 1: How do you bring psychological depth into the tale of a family that never gets below the surface? Katharine Britton does it in Her Sister's Shadow with skill and integrity, weaving past and present into a web of intricate interactions, missed signals, misunderstandings and stiff upper lips. Lilli, her main character, is too well bred to show the hurt and grief, anger and heartbreak she suffers from her many losses, even to herself, until, in her sixties, she comes back to the home and family she abandoned. There she must face a sister who refuses to be squeezed into Lilli's image of her and the truth about her past and family that isn't at all what she'd thought. The depiction of ordinary American family life in the fifties is spot-on, with lovely descriptions of the sea, ... moresailing and the yacht club life, in this engrossing story of loss and redemption.
review 2: This book was about the role of sisters in our lives. Initially, I wasn't too excited about the story because it begins being told by sisters that are already in their 50's, experiencing hip problems and memory issues. (I felt like this was a story that was too old for me.) However, the story switches each chapter from the present to the past when the youngest sister in the family dies in a terrible boating accident. It is the story of one sister's (Lillie) need to find a way to forgive herself, while all the time thinking that she is seeking the forgiveness of her older sister, Bea. It is a story of rivalry, shattered dreams, and forgiveness. A good read! less

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