From Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” to “The Parent Trap” and beyond, twins have provided rich fodder for our stories. Mistaken identity makes for great farce, and, paradoxically, identical twinship provides a way to examine what makes us different. Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Prep, tears apart contemporary American family life one microscopic fiber at a time as she returns with a mesmerizing story of family and identity, loyalty and deception, and the delicate line between truth and belief.
"Sisterland" is the nameplate on the door of the childhood bedroom inhabited by identical twin sisters Violet and Kate. As they grow up in St Louis, they slowly realize that they were both born with peculiar "senses" unlike everyone else – the psychic gift of seeing into the future.
Or maybe that's not really what it is exactly, it's more of an intuition about people and places and things that may be about to happen. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them after a traumatic teenage sleepover.
The story is mainly told from Kate's perspective and like Prep, much of this book is devoted to girls’ adolescence. Although this isn't a thriller, it is a work of psychological genius and has a wonderful twist at the end.
It is a literary page-turner masquerading as a feud between two sisters. In reality, it's about the politics of marital life and the difficulty of out-running your own childhood. It has all the best qualities of Tom Perrotta's Little Children and all the fine, up-close detail of Ann Patchett's work. Funny, haunting, and thought-provoking, Sisterland is a beautifully written novel of the obligation we have toward others, and the responsibility we take for ourselves.
"Sisterland" is the nameplate on the door of the childhood bedroom inhabited by identical twin sisters Violet and Kate. As they grow up in St Louis, they slowly realize that they were both born with peculiar "senses" unlike everyone else – the psychic gift of seeing into the future.Or maybe that's not really what it is exactly, it's more of an intuition about people and places and things that may be about to happen. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them after a traumatic teenage sleepover.
The story is mainly told from Kate's perspective and like Prep, much of this book is devoted to girls’ adolescence. Although this isn't a thriller, it is a work of psychological genius and has a wonderful twist at the end.
It is a literary page-turner masquerading as a feud between two sisters. In reality, it's about the politics of marital life and the difficulty of out-running your own childhood. It has all the best qualities of Tom Perrotta's Little Children and all the fine, up-close detail of Ann Patchett's work. Funny, haunting, and thought-provoking, Sisterland is a beautifully written novel of the obligation we have toward others, and the responsibility we take for ourselves.
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