Sisterland Curtis Sittenfeld by Curtis Sittenfeld 9780552776592, 0552776599 instant download after payment.

Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife and Prep, returns with a mesmerizing novel of family and identity, loyalty and deception, and the delicate line between truth and belief

“Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one... What might be most strikingly excellent about Sisterland is the way Sittenfeld depicts domesticity and motherhood.” — Maggie Shipstead, The Washington Post

Identical twins, Kate and Violet are about as unlike as two peas from the same pod can be. Except in one respect - they share a hidden gift. But after Kate inadvertently reveals their secret when they are thirteen years old, their lives are set on diverging paths.

Twenty years later Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has settled down in the suburbs to raise her two young children. Violet is single and lives a much more flamboyant and eccentric life. Then one day Violet ignites a media storm by predicting a major earthquake in the St Louis area where they live. As the day Violet has announced for the earthquake draws nearer, Kate must attempt to repair her fraught relationship with her sister, and to face truths about herself she has long tried to deny.

“[Sittenfeld’s] gifts are in full effect with this novel, and she uses them to create a genuinely engrossing sense of uncertainty and suspense.”  -  Sloane Crosley, NPR’s All Things Considered

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. With her deep empathy, keen wisdom, and unerring talent for finding extraordinary moments in our everyday lives, Curtis Sittenfeld is one of the most exceptional.