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Sisterland is a tale of identical twin sisters, violet and daisy shramm, who came of. A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, alice learned the virtues of politeness early on. Named one of the best books of the year by npr and the times uk this version of the bennet familyand mr. Now she visits with sisterland, about identical twins born with natural psychic abilities.
Novelist curtis sittenfelds protagonists want to be liked above all else. American wife, a fictional story loosely based on the life of first lady laura bush. From the wickedly entertaining usa today curtis sittenfeld, new york times bestselling author of prep and american wife, comes a modern retelling of jane austens pride and prejudice. Download sisterland audiobook by curtis sittenfeld. Her short stories have appeared in the new yorker, the washington post magazine, esquire, and the best american short stories, of. Kate and vi were born with peculiar sensesinnate psychic abilities.
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