The Neapolitan Sisters

De: Margo Candela

Narrado por: Carolina Hoyos, Frankie Corzo, Ana Daniela Osorio

Growing up with a kind but alcoholic father and a suspicious, passive-aggressive mother, the Bernal sisters each developed their own way of coping: Dulcina had her art and drugs and alcohol, Claudia plunged into her studies and fled to Princeton, and Maritza watched one Disney movie after another in between devouring romance novels.

Now all grown up, the sisters are reunited at last for Maritza’s dream wedding. But they are no less different than they were growing up: Maritza is a princess bridezilla, Claudia is the family “fixer,” and Dulcina “Dooley” is finally sober. With all three Bernal sisters back in their East L.A. home, each begins to take steps to come to terms with each other, their parents, and secrets from their shared past. While their lives may have taken different paths, they are still sisters at heart.

Told in alternating points of view, The Neapolitan Sisters is a humorous yet moving look at what it means to be a sister, a daughter, and, ultimately, your own self, despite the pressures that come with being part of a family.

©2022 Margo Candela (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Unexpected

At first I was confused about the story and had no idea where it was going but once I started to get the gist of what was happening, I started connecting to the characters a lot, and the way, their trauma is described and how they don’t come out with it right away. We kind of had to wait and see what happened to them is a really interesting way to tell a story because it’s like we had to get to know them first before they could tell us this about themselves, and I felt like I really got to know these characters, and I really resonated with them and their story. It ended up being a really touching story, while also being funny, and having some powerful as female characters in it, who we’re learning how to be their own person, and how to move on from their past, and I ended up, loving it