The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters (edition 2005)

This book is an epistolary novel which means it is written in letters. The interesting part is that the letters are written by one person only. You would think this would make it difficult to follow how the other characters are feeling, but Ms. Robinson does an excellent job of letting the reader know.

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Very different but very interesting, I enjoyed this book!

At least 200,000 families in our world struggling through leukemia every day. Leukemia is a life threatening cancer that affects your bone marrow, and white blood cells. Leukemia has no confirmed cause, or cure. This is one story of those suffering families.
Out of the Hunt sisters, Maddie has leukemia and her older sister Olivia is an “almost” hotshot script writer for Hollywood. While Maddie has just married James, the man of her dreams, Olivia has gotten herself stuck in her own tale of romance and heartbreak with her ex, Michael. And just to make things harder, their father is an alcohol addict, and their mother is a money worrywart. The Hunt sisters honestly do have true and outstanding adventures.
TTOAHS is a page turning tale with romance, tragedy, relief, and irony. Robinson’s twist of format with letters instead of chapters adds to the story and characters in many different moods. TTOAHS is a fantastic story with relatable characters, plots and situations. A great read for anyone looking for an escape into a different life. Robinson is amazing at creating characters that will stay in the back of your mind for a lifetime. ( )

There are at least 200,000 families in our world struggling through leukemia in a loved one every day. Leukemia is a life threatening disease, that attacks your bone marrow, and white blood cells. Leukemia has no confirmed cause, or cure. This is a story of one if those suffering families.
Meet the Hunt sisters, Maddie and Olivia. Maddie was diagnosed with Leukemia. It turned her world, her husband's, her families', and her sister's world, upside down, and all around. Olivia is an "almost" hotshot Hollywood writer. Trying to work things out with her lover, and ex, Michael. Maddie was looking forward to a family with James, her newly wed husband. but that wasn't on the agenda for now. To make things harder, their father has become an insane alcoholic, along side with their worrywart of a mother. The Hunt sisters honestly do have "true and outstanding adventures."
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters is a page turning tale with romance, tragedy, agony, relief, and irony. Elizabeth Robinson's twist of format with letters instead of chapters adds to the effect of this heart felt story. Each character has a special place in the readers heart. This true and outstanding novel is a fantastic story with relatable characters and situations. A great read for anyone looking for an escape into a different life. Robinson is amazing at creating charters that will stay in the back of your mind for a life time.

"Olivia? It's your father. He always identifies himself, even all these years as my father. He was hammered. I nearly hung up on him.
Oh, god... Honey...It's your sister. He was weeping, too.
What? What Happened?
Maddie's got...
All your life you try to imagine what bad news sounds like, but when you actually hear bad news, it simply makes no sense; it's like being told the definition of a black hole by a physicist, directions by a local, the evidence of God by a priest. First you say,
What?
Then, after it's repeated to you-
It's leukemia.
- you say:
No." ( )

I enjoyed this book on a couple of levels. First off I think the author did an excellent job of portraying that bi-polar emotional roller-coaster ride you find yourself on when someone you love is battling cancer. Secondly, as both a movie lover and a bibliophile (who often is amazed at how totally different a book and a movie based on that book can be) I was fascinated to get a glimpse behind the scenes and directly into the head of one of the people in charge of making the decisions. ( )