A Gift for My Sister: A Novel
by:
Ann Pearlman (author)
Ann Pearlman's The Christmas Cookie Club enthralled readers everywhere with a heartwarming and touching story about the power of female friendship. Now, in A Gift for My Sister, she once again explores the depth of the human heart, and this time it’s through the eyes of two sisters. Tara and Sky...
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Ann Pearlman's The Christmas Cookie Club enthralled readers everywhere with a heartwarming and touching story about the power of female friendship. Now, in A Gift for My Sister, she once again explores the depth of the human heart, and this time it’s through the eyes of two sisters. Tara and Sky share a mother, but aside from that they seem to differ in almost every way. When a series of tragedies strikes, they must somehow come together in the face of heartbreak, dashed hopes, and demons of the past. The journey they embark on forces each woman to take a walk in the other’s shoes and examine what sisterhood really means to them. It’s a long road to understanding, and everyone who knows them hopes these two sisters can find a way back to each other.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781439159491 (1439159491)
ASIN: 1439159491
Publish date: 2012-05-01
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.The book was an easy read but managed to keep my interest. I enjoyed the voices of each of the sisters in the story and hearing their perspective. At first glance Tara seems to cry out for attention and almost becomes a stereotype while Sky...
A Gift For My Sister is a story about tragedy, family, and overcoming the odds. Every chapter has two sections, one from Tara;s perspective (the younger sister) and one from Sky's perspective (the older sister). Sky is the result of a very loving marriage that was shattered by the unexpected death o...
Sky and Tara are half-sisters who share the same mother. The difference in their age and their individual personalities make them seem like anything but sisters. They each have their own issues and quirks. Sky, who remembers her own father as a loving person, looks at her relationship with her husba...
This just wasn't the book for me. I loved the premise but was never able to get behind any of the characters. The conversations usually left me confused; in fact, most of the story left me feeling confused. There were some stock 2D characters who had more of an impact than they should have, though f...
I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review. My first impression of the book, even before cracking it open, was that it would be a gut-wrencher. The description mentions "Tara and Sky share a mother, but aside from that they seem to differ in almost every way. When a series of trage...
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