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Loading... While My Sister Sleepsby Barbara Delinsky
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I really identified with Molly & her family. The struggle of doing the right thing (whatever that may be) and the family dynamics were interesting to observe...and they felt real to me--at least the mother & Molly did. (  ) MrsHillReads | Feb 8, 2010 |  Robin Snow is a great runner preparing for the Olympics and in the prime of her life when she is struck down on a training run by a heart attack and put on life support and declared to be brain dead. This is the start of the book. Her family, sister Molly, a horticulturist who has lived in the shadow of Robin, her brother Chris, and her parents are obviously devestated by this event. They all have their own reactions. Her mother Kathryn does not want to lose her first born child and cannot come to terms with turnning off the life support. Her father is in shock and wants to leave the decision to his wife. Molly only wants to do what Robin would want, and Chris the brother is trying to deal with problems in his own marriage. Other characters play their part in the story too to make it all more interesting but still believabale. And secrets are revealed. As the members of the family work things through to the inevitable ending they learn things about themselves and each other and about Robyn, through a diary that she has been writing. I really enjoyed this book.. I became really involved with the characters and the situation they were in. It is a story about a family coming to terms with one of the worst things that could happen to them and it gave me things to think about. (  ) kiwifortyniner | Oct 29, 2009 | Strong book with a great story (  ) infolady | Apr 27, 2009 | This was my first attempt at a Barbara Delinsky titled. I thought the characters were unlikable and the dialogue was choppy. The writing is not very detailed, almost elementary. I have clearly read too much Jodi Picoult because I expect some intelligence and detail in the characters and the writing. I could not get into this one at all. (  ) ajewell | Apr 11, 2009 | I absolutely loved this book. Molly's older sister Robin has suffered a massive heart attack while running. She was found unconscious by another runner who immediately started cpr and called 911. Robin was taken to the hospital but the prognosis was not good. This all brought Robin's family together and unleashed some deep buried secrets by their mother Kathyn. The author did a wonderful job with the characters and showing the reader what it is like when someone you love is brain dead etc. I felt for Robin and her family and cried at the end . I was glad that Robin's family could finally made peace with their decision not to continue the life support. ( ) laws | Apr 7, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Following the success of The Secret Between Us, a book the Boston Globe hailed as “one of her best,” Barbara Delinsky returns with another moving and deeply satisfying novel, this one about the unique and emotionally complex world of siblings.
Molly and Robin Snow are sisters, and like all sisters they share a deep bond that sustains them through good times and bad. Their careers are flourishing—Molly is a horticulturist and Robin is a world-class runner—and they are in the prime of their lives. So when Molly receives the news that Robin has suffered a massive heart attack, she couldn’t be more shocked. At the hospital, the Snow family receives a grim prognosis: Robin may never regain consciousness.
As Robin’s parents and siblings struggle to cope, the complex nature of their relationship is put to the ultimate test. Molly has always lived in Robin’s shadow and her feelings for her have run the gamut, from love to resentment and back. The last time they spoke, they argued. But now there is so much more at stake. Molly’s parents fold under the devastating circumstances, and her brother retreats into the cool reserve that is shattering his own family. It’s up to Molly to make the tough decisions, and she soon makes discoveries that destroy some of her most cherished beliefs about the sister she thought she knew.
Once again New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky brings us a masterful family portrait, filled with thought-provoking ideas about the nature of life itself, how emotions affect the decisions we make, and how letting go can be the hardest thing to do and the greatest expression of love all at the same time.
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