The Weird Sisters

By: Eleanor Brown

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

The beloved New York Times bestseller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.

Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father—a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse—named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to.

The sisters each have a hard time communicating with their parents and their lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian youngest sibling have in common? Only that none has found life to be what was expected; and now, faced with their parents' frailty and their own personal disappointments, not even a book can solve what ails them...

Critic reviews

"Even if you don't have a sister, you may feel like you have one after reading this hilarious and utterly winsome novel. Eleanor Brown skillfully ties and then unties the Gordian knot of sisterhood, writing with such knowingness that when the ending came, and the three Andreas sisters who had slunk home for a rest from themselves only to find to their horror their other two sisters there as wel emerge, I sighed the guilty sigh of pleasure and yes, of recognition."
Sarah Blake, best-selling author of The Postmistress

"At once hilarious, thought-provoking and poignant, this sparkling and devourable debut explores the roles that we play with our siblings, whether we want to or not. The Weird Sisters is a tale of the complex family ties that threaten to pull us apart, but sometimes draw us together instead."
J. Courtney Sullivan, best-selling author of Commencement

"The Weird Sisters is a chronicle of real women, because it tells the truths of sisters. Eleanor Brown has written a compelling novel about love, despair and birth order the themes the Bard himself had claimed and burnished."
Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionaires

"Brown's knockout debut about the ties that bind us, the stories we tell ourselves, and the thorny tangle of sisterhood was so richly intelligent, heartbreakingly moving and gorgeously inventive, that I was rereading pages just to see how she did her alchemy. Brilliant, beautiful, and unlike anything I've ever read before."
Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You and Girls in Trouble

A really awesome read

This is one of the most enjoyable books I have read in a long time. It was very entertaining and left me wanting more.:)

Spectacular!!!

My heart is fuller having read The Weird Sisters.
it's like my own sister and my relationship was written for this!

so true

started slow but blossomed into a good read. ending a little tidy. so typical of the manic comparisons between sisters.

Surprisingly good!

Would you listen to The Weird Sisters again? Why?

I would definitely listen to this one again! It's a story that could become like a good friend.

Who was your favorite character and why?

This is hard question! At different points in the book I could identify with each character. Probably most with Rose.

What about Kirsten Potter’s performance did you like?

Kirsten performed the story as if she were telling the story through her own experiences.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would have loved to listen to this one all at once! But yet was a story that kept me coming back anxious to hear more.

Any additional comments?

Would be a good read, but was a great listen!

awesome!

What did you love best about The Weird Sisters?

the craftsmanship of this novel is amazing. the first person plural narration is so perfect for this story/these sisters. The story was well paced and very well balanced between the sisters' sub plots.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Weird Sisters?

Those few moments when the three weird sisters are actually on the same wavelength really do invoke a kind of magic! especially when brown throws in textual mirrors to amplify the effect.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no. i needed a little time to settle in to this one. . . especially the narration.

Any additional comments?

give it a shot!