BOOKFINDS

Mother’s Day Books: Day 3

Our next selection is by a delightful writer who is a great example of a reader who loves to write. Megan Crane writes daily in her highly enjoyable blog about her reading tastes, which are wide-reaching. Her newest release is NAMES MY SISTERS CALL ME.

Here is the book’s description:

Courtney, Norah and Raine Cassel are about as different as three sisters can get. Norah, the oldest, is a typical Type A obsessive who believes there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything. She maintains a constantly-updated spreadsheet of slights and alliances, and six years later has not forgiven Raine, their middle sister, for ruining her wedding day.

Raine is Norah’s opposite – wild child, performance artist, follow-your-bliss hippie chick who fled to California after the wedding fiasco. The only thing the two sisters have in common is their ability to drive Courtney, their youngest sister, crazy.

When Courtney’s long time boyfriend proposes, she decides it’s finally time to call a family truce and bring the three sisters together. After all, they’re all grown ups now, right? But it turns out that family ghosts aren’t easily vanquished, and neither are first loves. Reconnecting the sisters also means re-examining every choice Courtney has made in the last six years, right down to the man she’s about to marry.

Anyone who understands the complex dynamics of siblings (or would like to see it in all of it’s gritty glory) will LOVE this book! You will find yourself mentally comparing yourself to one (or all) of the three Cassel sisters and routing for all of them to reconnect in whatever way possible. Publishers Weekly wrote ” Crane’s brisk voice and knack for finding the humor in Courtney’s angst keep the mood upbeat all the way to the rosy resolution.”