While My Sister Sleeps - Hardcover

Delinsky, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385524927 ISBN 13: 9780385524926

Publisher: Doubleday, 2009

Synopsis

Following the success of The Secret Between Us, a book the Boston Globe hailed as “one of her best,” Barbara Delinsky returns with another moving and deeply satisfying novel, this one about the unique and emotionally complex world of siblings.

Molly and Robin Snow are sisters, and like all sisters they share a deep bond that sustains them through good times and bad. Their careers are flourishing—Molly is a horticulturist and Robin is a world-class runner—and they are in the prime of their lives. So when Molly receives the news that Robin has suffered a massive heart attack, she couldn’t be more shocked. At the hospital, the Snow family receives a grim prognosis: Robin may never regain consciousness.

As Robin’s parents and siblings struggle to cope, the complex nature of their relationship is put to the ultimate test. Molly has always lived in Robin’s shadow and her feelings for her have run the gamut, from love to resentment and back. The last time they spoke, they argued. But now there is so much more at stake. Molly’s parents fold under the devastating circumstances, and her brother retreats into the cool reserve that is shattering his own family. It’s up to Molly to make the tough decisions, and she soon makes discoveries that destroy some of her most cherished beliefs about the sister she thought she knew.

Once again New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky brings us a masterful family portrait, filled with thought-provoking ideas about the nature of life itself, how emotions affect the decisions we make, and how letting go can be the hardest thing to do and the greatest expression of love all at the same time.

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Review:

Praise for ‘The Family Tree’:

‘Delinsky’s writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put down book as she deftly blends tense family drama with heavy political issues’
Glamour

‘...a sensitive exploration of the prejudices that many hold but few express...a page turner that asks serious questions about America’s relationship with its past’
The Times

‘Fans of Jodi Picoult will love this...a poignant family story’
Daily Express

‘A really interesting and sometimes harrowing tale that makes compelling reading.’
Sun

Praise for ‘The Family Tree’:

‘Delinsky writes with insight about complex family matters, and here adds thought-provoking concerns about race in America in a novel that will stir debate and inspire self-examination.’
Booklist

‘Delinsky smoothly challenges characters and readers alike to confront their hidden hypocrisies (while getting) the political and personal dynamics just right.’
Publishers Weekly

‘Delinsky admirably allows her characters to acknowledge and correct their biases. Fail-safe delivery of an issues-packed story.’
Kirkus Reviews

‘“The Family Tree” is warm, rich, textured, and impossible to put down.’
Nora Roberts, author of ‘Valley of Silence

Praise for Barbara Delinsky:

‘Delinsky delves deeper into the human heart and spirit with each new novel’
The Inquirer

‘Delinsky excels at...insightful portrayal[s] of captivating people facing challenges both ordinary and dramatic’
Booklist

About the Author:

BARBARA DELINSKY is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty million copies of her books in print. She lives with her family in New England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0385524927
• ISBN 13: 9780385524926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326