The Sisters

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.

Author: Nancy Jensen
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 10/02/2012
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780312548414

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 150726 / Sisters

About the Author

NANCY JENSEN is an award-winning graduate of the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College whose short stories and essays have been published in such literary journals as Northwest Review, Other Voices, and The Louisville Review. She teaches English at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY. A national bestseller and a #1 Indie Next Pick in hardcover, The Sisters is her debut novel.

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