Kitty and Her Sisters

By Maureen Lee

Book Overview

Another wonderful Liverpool saga from bestselling author, Maureen Lee. At the age of nineteen, Kitty McCarthy has decided she is going to live a life less ordinary - although she doesn't know quite how to go about it. What she does know is that she doesn't want to get married and raise children in Liverpool like her elder sisters: Claire, who is a mother-hen; easy-going Norah and elegant Aileen. But Kitty's resolve is tested by the unexpected direction her life takes. The combination of an impetuous youthful decision and a chance meeting twenty years later are to have momentous repercussions that will stay with her for ever, and it is her sisters who are the constant thread when other relationships come and go. They know her best, they say, and in the end they know what's best for her - although Kitty would almost certainly disagree...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752878182
• ISBN13: 9780752878188
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Orion
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining

Kitty and her sisters is a heartwarming and soapy epic about Kitty McCarthy and her relationships with her family members. Kitty is the strong opinionated, rather independant sister, Norah is the shy quiet one, Claire is the kindly sister, and Aileen is the perfectionist. Kitty is not keen on marriage, and this surprises and confuses her more conventional friends and family. I found this audio novel rather tough to get into at first. It opens while the sisters are children and at a party and it is difficult to tell the characters apart. Nothing really exciting happens to suck you in, but after a while you begin to enjoy hearing about Kitty and her interaction with her siblings. Kitty is a charmingly flawed person whose heart is in the right place despite her stubborn qualities. The setting, like most of her novels, is Liverpool England. The author infuses the right blend of realism with charm and sensitivity to make this an endearing and addictive family drama.