{"product_id":"the-sisters-chase-isbn-9781328915863","title":"The Sisters Chase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious and \"thoroughly surprising\" family drama about two sisters left homeless by their mother's death, and the lengths the fierce older sister will go to protect her young charge (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hardscrabble Chase women—Mary, Hannah, and their mother, Diane—have been eking out a living running a tiny seaside motel that has been in the family for generations. Eighteen-year-old Mary Chase is a force of nature: passionate, beautiful, and free-spirited. Her much younger sister, Hannah, whom Mary affectionately calls Bunny, is imaginative, her head full of the stories Mary tells to give her a safe emotional place in the middle of their troubled world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Diane dies in a car accident, Mary discovers that the motel is worth less than the back taxes they owe, and her finely tuned instincts for survival kick in. As the sisters begin a cross-country journey in search of a better life, she will stop at nothing to protect Hannah. But Mary wants to protect herself, too, for the secrets she promised she would never tell—but now may be forced to reveal—hold the weight of unbearable loss. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Captivating” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/i\u003e is a “striking, heartbreaking story about love, motherhood, and family, with a powerful and elusive protagonist at its heart” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003ea deliciously compulsive read\u003c\/strong\u003e, a miniature mystery of love, survival, and sisterhood written on the scale of the human heart. Deceptively simple, gracefully realized, and occasionally wicked, \u003cstrong\u003eit lingers like a summer dream after the last page is turned.” —Amy Gentry, author of \u003cem\u003eGood as Gone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “\u003cstrong\u003eThoroughly surprising\u003c\/strong\u003e…In an era of inflationary cheap praise, in which every run-of-the-mill thriller is advertised as some sort of Nobel-worthy combination of Shakespeare, Scott Turow and, inevitably, \u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is that \u003cstrong\u003erare thing\u003c\/strong\u003e, a slow burner that conceals its cunning and sneaks up on you unawares. . . The novel’s best creation is Mary herself, as complex, interesting and flawed a heroine as you could hope for, equal parts Becky Sharp, Scarlett O’Hara and some ineffable and winning quality peculiar only to herself. One of the people she most reminded me of, in the end, was Sylvie, the unforgettable protagonist of Marilynne Robinson’s \u003cem\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e, with her pathological restlessness, her inability to settle into anything resembling a conventional life. Mary has this, too, and a self-destructiveness that is all the more poignant because she is fully aware that it exists inside her.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Sarah Lyall, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  “\u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e hits all the right marks. Wonderful characters, so believable that it still surprises me they aren’t real people, a heart-wrenching story about love, loyalty, and bonds that can’t be broken, and the true nature of survival. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is the kind of book that you read late into the night, eyes heavy, and wake up thinking about until you’ve finally finished the last page.” —Chevy Stevens, author of \u003cem\u003eThose Girls \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eStill Missing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  “The Chase girls, aptly named, are always, it seems, on the run, chasing a better life, a place where they’ll be at home, be safe and where the secrets of their past won’t come crashing down on them.  Sarah Healy has created, in Mare and Bunny, characters so real and flawed my heart ached for them, and I so, so wanted them to find that safe place called home. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is exquisitely written and full of surprises, love and loss; it is clearly the work of a writer at the top of her game.” —Jennifer McMahon, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Night Sister\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e“Absorbing\u003c\/strong\u003e…. Healy takes every opportunity to surprise her reader as Mary and Hannah grow up and into themselves. \u003cstrong\u003eThe sisters' relationship—and their resilience—makes this novel powerful.” \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e“Sarah Healy’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e will stay with me for a long time. \u003c\/strong\u003eIt’s a heart-rending tale of survival filled with deftly revealed surprises and twists. In less skillful hands, Healy’s deeply flawed young protagonist, Mary, might have been unlikeable, but here she’s redeemed by her love and compassion for her younger sister Hannah. In fact, I ached for Mary as her plans to save herself and Hannah fall apart and tension builds.\u003cstrong\u003e Each chapter ends on a note of suspense and surprise that demands you turn the page. An exciting read!” —Diane Chamberlain, author of \u003cem\u003ePretending to Dance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Sister\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A beautifully written family drama with a mystery at its core, \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is a layered and lovely book about the bonds of love crashing up against the rocky shore of the world. Mary Chase is thorny and fractured and fascinating, and I will not forget her or her struggle to bring her sister to a place of peace and safety that she only half believes in.  \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Healy’s novel, wise and fierce and bittersweet, broke my heart in all the best ways.  This is one you’ll want to pass along.” —Joshilyn Jackson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Opposite of Everyone \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003egods in Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e“Captivating\u003c\/strong\u003e...Mary is an unforgettable protagonist—\u003cstrong\u003ea fierce and unstoppable force of nature\u003c\/strong\u003e caught in a storm of her own making. Healy delivers a heartbreaking story of love, loyalty, and secrets that can never truly be outrun.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e“Part mystery, part road novel, part family saga, \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e had me riveted from the first secret to the last revelation. \u003c\/strong\u003eMary Chase is a force of nature and a truly unforgettable heroine.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Lisa Lutz, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHow to Start a Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Sarah Healy's \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is the deeply moving and thrilling portrayal of three women driven by love, loss, and the deep desire to make things right. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a story that stayed with me long after I turned the last page.” —Carla Buckley, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Things That Keep Us Here \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Deepest Secret\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e     \"A \u003cstrong\u003estriking, heartbreaking story\u003c\/strong\u003e about love, motherhood, and family, with \u003cstrong\u003ea powerful and elusive protagonist at its heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890287309029,"sku":"NP9781328915863","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781328915863.jpg?v=1730232950","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sisters-chase-isbn-9781328915863","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}