Sister Mine: A Novel - Hardcover

O'Dell, Tawni

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307351262 ISBN 13: 9780307351265

Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books, 2007

Synopsis

Tough, former cop Shae-Lynn Penrose has spent years building a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town in which she grew up, but her life is thrown into complete disarray by the arrival of the younger sister she had thought dead, a desperate Connecticut housewife, a shyster New York lawyer, and a gun-wielding Russian mobster. 125,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

'A wonderfully crafted story, sassy and unsentimental, where women call the shots and don't reach for the smelling salts when the going gets tough' (Candis Magazine)

PRAISE FOR COAL RUN

'Rich, compassionate story-telling...'

(Entertainment Weekly)

'It's a pleasure to see such a gifted, ambitious writer reinvigorating the tradition of social conscience combined with personal passion that has illuminated some of the finest, most moving works in American literature' (Los Angeles Times)

PRAISE FOR BACK ROADS

'Tense, conflicted and involving, O'Dell's novel deftly captures the voice of a teenage boy who's in trouble and facing profound challenges...'

(New York Times Book Review)

'O'Dell has tackled the real stuff of stories, and she's done it with compassion and a unique voice' (New York Newsday)

'O'Dell's storytelling has natural flair' (Los Angeles Times)

'In the finest tradition of Faulkner and Caldwell' (L'Express, Paris)

'A tough, outstanding novel...' (Le Monde)

Book Description:

Old Secrets. Buried Deep.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307351262
• ISBN 13: 9780307351265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 405