The complexity of sisterhoodโฆ
โฐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ: Itโs the summer of 1985 when four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there including Bee and Audrina Kocsis, sisters who rode there with Sally, her older brother Max, and Max & Sallyโs mom. Thenโฆ everything happens. Life. A town in turmoil. A family that isnโt as together as it seems. Yup, Life. And itโs all it should be – good, bad, and tragic.
๐ก๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: I love the simplicity of this book. Itโs a taut tale of life sprinkled with immense tragedy. Winn foreshadows it. The reader knows itโs coming. And it still took me by surprise because Winn writes these pivotal moments WELL. One of those where you know itโs coming but somehow brush it aside until it comes back and smacks you square in the face. From the complicated pre-teen sister relationship of Bee and Audrina, fraught with petty grudges and perceived wrongs (oh the drama!) to the more serious issues of dealing with a lost child, one who may be gone forever, childhood disease, change, familyโฆ Winn covers big and small, simply. Honestly. With integrity.
This makes the book one thatโs pure emotion, particularly if you have kids – because it touches on those deep fears parents bury down in the place they donโt talk about. Flawed, real-human-crafted characters round out my favorable aspects of this novel – no one is perfect (well except the one โperfectโ girl in town, but sheโs predictably boring) and thatโs what endears them to you as the reader – authenticity.
๐๐น๐น ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐.๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐: Contemporary Fiction/1980โs
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ: Those who love a traditional novel, itโs not fast-paced, but is so worth the ride!
๐ โโ๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ: if youโre looking for quick, easy reads. This one has complications, slow parts, etc
Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for making me realize having a brother is pretty awesome, but I enjoying the pretend world of sisterhood immensely.
