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My Sister and Other Lovers
A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood and secrets
My Sister and Other Lovers
A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood and secrets
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A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood, secrets and betrayal
'A subtle, clever, evocative book' Joanna Quinn, Guardian Book of the Day
'Gorgeous and sad and gripping and moving' Marian Keyes
'Slender, perfect and sparkling ... I'm stricken with love for this book' Meg Mason
'Details the profound and complex nature of love and family ... Spare, moving and beautifully written' Jojo Moyes
'Freud brings us directly inside the beating hearts of her characters. I loved this' Miranda Cowley Heller
'Both delicate and profound – about how relationships bind us together and pull us apart' Tracy Chevalier
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From the author of Hideous Kinky comes a captivating novel about sisterhood, secrets, betrayal and love.
For as long as Lucy can remember, she's been caught between loyalty to her rootless, idealistic mother and devotion to her fierce and exacting sister, Bea. From her unsettled childhood to her turbulent teenage years, she's been forced to make a choice.
But as the sisters come of age and embark on their own experiments – in love, drugs, work, motherhood – they find their lives, and their relationships, increasingly in turmoil.
Can the love they have for each other transcend the damage of the past? Or is the past too dangerous to examine?
Product details
Published | 03 Jul 2025 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 288 |
ISBN | 9781526686558 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Both delicate and profound – about how relationships bind us together and pull us apart
Tracy Chevalier
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Freud's control is masterful
Irish Times
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A novel with the sharp tang of memory … I was swept up into this world of visceral intimacies, the fraught but powerful relationships between the main characters more than gripping enough to carry me along … It's the relationship between the sisters that lies at the heart of the novel, and Freud teases out its various pressure points with delicate, moving effect … This beguiling story of female experience and family ties is well worth the three-decade wait
Financial Times
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Freud exposes the tensions of their sisterly bond – messy, mistake-strewn and quietly marvellous – with tender charm
Mail on Sunday
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Fact and fiction intermingle, but this elegant novel is more than memoir
Irish Examiner
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In 1992 Esther Freud's semi-autobiographical debut novel Hideous Kinky made her a name in the books world ... It was charming, fast-paced - and soon made into a film. So a sequel was a risk, but one which has paid off .... It captures everything from crushes to painful heels to heroin addiction, all in intense vignettes. A highly impressive account
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