Publication

1979 - Morrow, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

86,250 words, Guess

Page Count

345 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesistersloverival00fish
  • ISBN-100688034381
  • ISBN-139780688034382
  • LibraryThing2660134
  • Goodreads4526387
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  • Library of Congress Control Number78031890
  • OCLC Control Number4593639
  • Better World Books9780688034382
  • Open LibraryOL4738726M

Classifications

  • DDC301.42/7
  • LCCBF723.S43 F57
  • LCCBF723.S43F57

Description

Through interviews and questionnaires with more than 150 women, the author explores the depth and breadth of sisterhood, sibling rivalry, devotion, ambivalence, birth order, and patterns of family roles.

First Sentence

I have been told by friends who happen to overhear my side of the weekly phone conversations between my sister and me that ours is a private language, barely discernible even to those who know me best, a thick brew of intensity and high hilarity, baby talk and worldly counsel, sophisticated allusions, salty Yiddish and a patois of strange inflections and phraseology almost primitive in its litany.

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Other Editions

  • Sisters: love and rivalry inside the family and beyondMorrow1979-01-01
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