Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
From the author of HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT, the story of a fractured family and three sisters' secrets.The Sullivan sisters have a big problem. On Christmas Day their rich and imperious grandmother gathers the family and announces that she will soon die . . .and has cut the entire family out...
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From the author of HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT, the story of a fractured family and three sisters' secrets.The Sullivan sisters have a big problem. On Christmas Day their rich and imperious grandmother gathers the family and announces that she will soon die . . .and has cut the entire family out of her will. Since she is the source of almost all their income, this means they will soon be penniless.Someone in the family has offended her deeply. If that person comes forward with a confession of her (or his) crime, submitted in writing to her lawyer by New Year's Day, she will reinstate the family in her will. Or at least consider it.And so the confessions begin....Some involve love.Some involve hate.Some involve life.Some involve death.No secret is too big or too small for the Sullivans, or for author Natalie Standiford, in this smart and funny novel about the confessions that can bring families together...or tear them apart.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780545107112 (0545107113)
Publish date: November 1st 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Humor,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Young Adult Contemporary
might have been the catholic stuff, might have been the girls school, it was laugh out loud funny to me
The premise is interesting enough: the Sullivan family relies on their trust funds, set up by the domineering matriarch of the family, called Almighty. On Christmas, Almighty reveals that one of the family has so offended her that she will immediately disinherit the family and cut off their trust fu...
I really wanted to be nice when I wrote this review. I planned to try and find something positive out of it. But the truth? I just didn't like it. I honestly can't say there was one part of this story I enjoyed. I found all the nicknames/names very kitschy, the Sullivan sisters whiny and selfis...
This is one of those times I wish there were 1/2 star ratings cause this was 3 1/2-3 3/4 stars. I agree it ended rather abuptly and I wasn't entirely happy with who the culprit was but I still liked the 3 girls stories and how they grew over the course of their stories. Norrie's story was my favor...
This is one of those times I wish there were 1/2 star ratings cause this was 3 1/2-3 3/4 stars. I agree it ended rather abuptly and I wasn't entirely happy with who the culprit was but I still liked the 3 girls stories and how they grew over the course of their stories. Norrie's story was my favor...