My Sister's Bones: A Novel - Softcover

Hanauer, Cathi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385317042 ISBN 13: 9780385317047

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 1997

Synopsis

At sixteen, Billie Weinstein has plenty of problems: She's the only Jewish girl living in the all-Italian neighborhood of West Berry, NJ; she's trying hard to please her know-it-all father who listens to opera at full volume and drives full speed, and her too-accommodating mother who is either taking care of Billie's father, or Billie and her sister, or the two dogs; and on top of everything else, her older sister Cassie goes off to college, leaving Billie to fend for herself.

And now Billie's studying for the SATs. The task her father has given her is to learn twenty words a day, read the New York Times at least twice a week and watch Masterpiece Theatre whenever he tells her to, mostly because he likes it. Then Billie discovers her sister's secret: Cassie is battling anorexia and Billie's parents excuse Cassie's weight loss as stress due to the competitive atmosphere at college. Billie knows something is drastically wrong with her sister; something that could be fatal.

This novel is touching and funny and moving, and it got great reviews. And Billie Weinstein is so wry and humorous a protagonist, she's the kind of girl every woman wishes she'd had as a best friend growing up.

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Review:

"A poignant but also lively and humorous novel, with characters so believable you expect them to rise up off the page."--New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg

"My Sister's Bones works a miracle. . . . Funny and idiosyncratic, elegant and simple . . . [Cathi] Hanauer gives power and dignity to the subject of anorexia."--The Village Voice

"A persuasive, well-rendered, and rich first novel about family."--Kirkus Reviews

"Beautifully written . . . Hanauer paints a disturbing picture of the horrific effects of anorexia on patient and family."--Library Journal

About the Author:

Cathi Hanauer is the author of three novels--My Sister's Bones, Sweet Ruin, and Gone--and is the editor of the New York Times bestselling essay collection The Bitch in the House. A former columnist for Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Seventeen, she has written for The New York Times, Elle, Self, Real Simple, and other magazines. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, New York Times "Modern Love" editor Daniel Jones, and their daughter and son.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0385317042
• ISBN 13: 9780385317047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272