Tuesday, August 16, 2011

When Shall We Three Meet Again?

To be and have a sister is to understand the strange and intriguing relationship between main characters Rose, Bean, and Cordy. Rose is the quintessential oldest-- reliable, discerning, and always ready to advise and to judge. Bean and Cordy are less dependable-- more likely to follow their own whims than they are to follow directions. However, when their mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, all three sisters find themselves home again, each harboring a unique secret.

Eleanor Brown's The Weird Sisters is thus named due to the family's obsession with Shakespeare, and the first person plural narration underlines this in a clever way. The novel's biggest success, however, lies in the realistic nature of the characters and their relationships with each other. OEO

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