The Bird Sisters
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781611730883 (1611730880)
Publish date: May 28th 2011
Publisher: Center Point
Pages no: 373
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Womens
I think the title made me believe there would be magic in this book, something to do with birds. And that is why you don't assume content based on cover.I enjoyed about half of this story. I liked little Milly and little Twiss, I liked that one summer their asthmatic, insecure, and bullying cousin B...
This novel was very readable and quite compelling. I enjoyed the narrator's tone and the girl's wit throughout. Overall, though, it wasn't remarkable. There were a few minor problems with plot/timeline and utimately, I did not feel that Milly would have given Asa to Bett (or that Asa would have ...
This book is very quiet, and a little slow, but it has some payoff. I liked it, but if my mom hadn't recommended it, I'm not sure I would have stayed with it. I just couldn't figure out where it was going. The end was very bittersweet, though. 3.5 stars.
Lovely story of two sisters and the summer that changed their lives forever in a small town in Wisconsin.
I just couldn't get into it. The premise seemed ok, but the father being a golf pro and all the stuff about golf didn't seem plausible to me, and it got boring after a bit.
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