Published: November 5, 2013
Format: provided by publisher
Publisher: NAL Trade
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis:
Three sisters who discover
that coming home for the holidays isn’t as easy as it seems…Sometimes coming home for the holidays isn’t as easy as it seems….
It’s December 21, and the
Yancey sisters have been called home. When the girls were young, holidays at
their family farm meant a tinsel-garnished tree, the scent of simmering food,
and laughter ringing through the house. But as the years unfolded, family bonds
fractured, and the three sisters scattered and settled into separate lives.
Until now. The Yancey sisters are coming to spend the holidays with their
mother. They’re also coming to bury their father.
Claire, the youngest, a
free spirit who journeyed to California, returns first. Then comes Julia, the
eldest, a college professor with a teenage son of her own. And finally there’s
Maya, the middle child, who works so hard to be the perfect mother and wife. During the sisters’ week
together, old conflicts surface, new secrets emerge, and the limits and
definitions of family are tested. And as the longest night of the year slips by
and brightening days beckon, the sisters will have to answer one question: When
you’re a sister, aren’t you a sister forever?
My Thoughts
The Yancey sisters were
brought together over Christmas for the funeral of their father. However they weren’t
really there for his sake but more for their mothers. While throughout the
book we come to learn more about each sister they have one thing in common, how
they feel about their father. We learn
that their father via flashbacks wasn’t the kindest person. He was a cruel and
a mean man who tortured his wife and was physically, verbally and emotionally
abusive to his daughters also.
Each sister reveals they
all have their own family drama. However at the root of it all it all goes back
to their childhood. Each has trust issues and the inability to open up and
connect with their partner and kids. But can we really blame them? As children don’t
we only know what we’ve seen? Can you really truly love if you’ve never felt
that yourself?
During the week they are
forced to stay together and secrets are revealed and wounds are healed with time. This
is a story of hope and redemption. It’s one that’s shows how family secrets can
destroy but that with time and patience things can be forgiven. Most importantly
I took away was that family is all you need. While you might have disagreements
and misunderstanding family will always be there. Together we can make each other stronger and
there’s nothing better than that.
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