A Sister In A Friend Will Come And Go But A Friend In A Sister Will Always Remain

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“The best book on sisters, very important and beautifully written.”—Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice This “substantial contribution to the literature on sibling relationships” (Library Journal) explores the intricacy, friction, and love in bonds between sisters. Relationships between women are often freighted with a rocky mix of emotions—devotion and disregard, affection and loathing, admiration and envy—leading to anguish and confusion on the playground, in the home, and in the boardroom. Negotiating her layered feelings toward a sister shapes a woman’s psychology as forcefully as do her relationships with her parents. Drawing on compelling interviews and new research, Terri Apter considers the many aspects of the sister relationship from birth through adulthood. The need to fight to differentiate oneself from a sister, as well the protectiveness one feels for that same person, is explained by reference to extensive psychological and biological evidence.

Growing up, if anyone had told Donavan that by the age of twenty-five, he’d be crazy about his best friend’s little sister, he’d have laughed in their face. The reality is, he is crazy about her. She’s beautiful with curves in all the right places, but that’s not all there is to her. So, after two years of keeping his distance, he’s not willing to do that anymore—he can’t do that anymore. Mara is eighteen years old, the middle of five girls, with an older brother who thinks he knows best. He’s about to find out that he doesn’t when she goes after his best friend. She’s not blind and has seen the looks Donovan has thrown in her direction for the past few years, and she’s sick and tired of waiting for him to make his move—a move he probably won’t make without a push from her. Her only hope is that her brother doesn’t do anything stupid to ruin his friendship with his best friend.

Kaitlyn spent her awkward years pining for her older brother's best friend, Cole. Now, long gone are the days when Cole thought of Kaitlyn as the little sister in braces. Especially when Kaitlyn shows up at his beachside resort with a new body and a passion she didn’t possess before. A secret heated romance begins - and Kaitlyn and Cole discover that secrets and lies means happily ever after is a bumpy road.