{"product_id":"the-weird-sisters-isbn-9780425244142","title":"The Weird Sisters","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThree sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the  eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (\u003ci\u003ethere is no  problem a library card can't solve\u003c\/i\u003e) and TV is something other  people watch. Their father—a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost  exclusively in verse—named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot  to live up to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sisters each have a hard time communicating with their parents and  their lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy  homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian  youngest sibling have in common? Only that none has found life to be  what was expected; and now, faced with their parents' frailty and their  own personal disappointments, not even a book can solve what ails them...\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delightful.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Irresistible.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At once hilarious, thought-provoking, and poignant, this sparkling and devourable debut explores the roles that we play with our siblings, whether we want to or not. \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of the complex family ties that threaten to pull us apart, but sometimes draw us together instead.”—\u003cb\u003eJ. Courtney Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eFriends and Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Even if you don’t have a sister, you may feel like you have one after reading this hilarious and utterly winsome novel. Eleanor Brown skillfully ties and then unties the Gordian knot of sisterhood, writing with such knowingness that when the ending came, and the three Andreas sisters--who had slunk home for a rest from themselves only to find to their horror their other two sisters there as well--emerge, I sighed the guilty sigh of pleasure and yes, of recognition.”—\u003cb\u003eSarah Blake, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guest Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Get thee to a bookstore....Brown is such a clever writer, and she’s written such an endearing story about sisterly affection and the possibilities of redemption, that it’s easy to recommend \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e. Take Polonius’s good advice and ‘read on this book.’”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Good sense and good humor...buoyant.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Delightful…Brown doesn’t make things easy on herself. She bestows distinct traces of prickliness, self-obsession, and irresponsibility on her women. They’re not storybook heroines but as susceptible to bad behavior as any of us. And she uses a first-person plural narrator—a collective we that speaks for every sister yet not any specific one—with a scope wide enough to view their inner turmoil and outer mistakes with wry understanding. The trick could have failed, yet it somehow doesn’t and pulls us into the heart of the family circle….That’s Brown’s great gift: She draws you in and makes you believe her weird sisters aren’t so weird after all.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Brown writes sweetly of the transition so many adults struggle to make before their parents’ eyes, from children to caretakers themselves.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Equal parts clever and heartfelt.”—\u003cb\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] fine debut novel...[Brown] has a crisp style and a flair for dialogue.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Columbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Delightful and fascinating....A magnificent tapestry of a tale.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] charming debut novel…cleverly written from the sisters’ perspective...Though the book is named after witches in the play \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, you need not be a Shakespeare scholar to fall in love with this feel-good story—or the bewitching sisters.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman’s Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A page-turner from the start.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLadies’ Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You don’t have to have a sister or be a fan of the Bard to love Brow’s bright, literate debut….The supporting cast—removed, erudite dad; ailing mom; a crew of locals; Rose’s long-suffering fiancé—is a punchy delight, but the stage clearly belongs to the sisters; Macbeth’s witches would be proud of the toil and trouble they stir up.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lovely…This novel should appeal to Shakespeare lovers, bibliophiles, fans of novels in academic settings, and stories of sisterhood. The narration is a creative and original blending of the three ‘Weird Sisters’ as one.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “There are no false steps in this debut novel: The humor, lyricism, and realism characterizing this lovely book will appeal to fans of good modern fiction.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “What a joy to read. What a VOICE. \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e is family drama dissected by verbal scalpel. If with and language could protect against growing old, these bewitching sisters might never have to grow up.”—\u003cb\u003eHelen Simonson, author of \u003ci\u003eMajor Pettigrew’s Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAny Other Family\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eA Paris All Your Own\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her family in Colorado.","brand":"G.P. 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