{"product_id":"the-alphabet-sisters-by-monica-mcinerney-copy","title":"The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew from the bestselling romantic comedy author, this is the tale of three sisters, Anna, Bett and Carrie. Childhood singing stars together not they're estranged by a terrible argument. Three years later, they're summoned together by their grandmother for a birthday party and a surprise announcement.\\n\\nReviews\\n\\nAustralian siblings Anna, Bett, and Carrie Quinlan were known as\\nthe singing group the Alphabet Sisters throughout their childhood.\\nNow adults, they are not on speaking terms, estranged three years\\nearlier when Carrie stole Bett's fianc?. Then their grandmother\\nLola schemes to reunite them by throwing herself an 80th birthday\\nbash. When the girls meet again, there are many tense moments, but\\nforgiveness ultimately prevails. Making her U.S. debut with her\\nfourth novel, Australian-born McInerney tells the story of each\\nsister with compassion and humor, never losing the narrative\\nthread; events are well paced throughout and speed up in the final\\nthird, when several surprises are revealed. However, these\\nsurprises do not threaten the overall believability of the story or\\ncall the integrity of the characters into question. Highly\\nrecommended for popular fiction collections.-Anastasia Diamond,\\nCleveland P.L. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\\n\\nMcInerney's buoyant new novel chronicles the three Quinlan sisters'\\nefforts to reconcile their combative past and reconnect when their\\ngrandmother, Lola, summons them home to South Australia for her\\n80th birthday party. Under the guardianship of Lola (\"etiquette\\nteacher, boot-camp mistress, and musical director\"), Anna, Bett and\\nCarrie had celebrated their youth on stage as the pop singing group\\nthe Alphabet Sisters. As adults, they stop speaking to each other\\nwhen Carrie runs off with Bett's fiance, Matthew. But after three\\nyears of silence, they heed Lola's call and resolve to make their\\npeace. Anna, a voiceover actress and the eldest of the three,\\narrives from Sydney with her seven-year-old daughter, Ellen, who is\\nscarred by a horrific accident, but without her absentee husband.\\nBett, the middle sister, flies in from London, where she does PR\\nfor a record company, while the youngest, Carrie, lives close to\\nLola, running a motel and suffering in her foundering marriage to\\nMatthew. When Lola announces she's written a musical starring the\\nAlphabet Sisters to benefit the local hospital, Anna, Bett and\\nCarrie put aside their differences, rebuild their relationships and\\ngrow closer than ever before. In this heartening if predictable\\nnovel, three struggling women relearn how the bonds of sisterhood\\ncan steady them against life's ebb and flow. Agent, Christy\\nFletcher. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43534160625738,"sku":"6571e","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6571e_3166d745-7583-4ef4-99db-959a752072d3.jpg?v=1776920795","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-alphabet-sisters-by-monica-mcinerney-copy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}