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![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. I very much enjoyed this collection of short stories about sibling relationships. The diversity of stories in the collection was one of its greatest strengths for me. They encompassed a whole range of relationships, from a whole range of different ages and strata of society, and spoke to a lot of the universal dimensions of such relationships, coming together as a coherent and enjoyable whole ... no reviews | add a review
Love, envy, resentment, regret, tenderness - established, bestselling and award-winning writers explore the tensions, alliances and affections between siblings in this dazzling collection of stories with contributions from Robert Drewe, Roger McDonald, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Cate Kennedy and many more. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.0108Literature English English fiction By Type Short stories CollectionsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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Things I liked:
The setting: I'm from Australia, most of the stories are set in Australia so the language, architecture situations were all a bit easier to relate to and snugly familiar in some cases.
The characters: My favorite story was 'Blood' (or something like it). I've always liked well written children as characters (they can so easily break my heart). But across the stories the focus is often on the identification of characters and personality and I enjoyed this.
Things I thought could have been improved:
The theme: The book is called 'Brothers and Sisters' but the crux of many of the stories is more generally, family, or 'my life' or (quite often in my opinion) daughters, sons and parents. While the title is catchy I found it a bit misleading.
Standout: The story 'Blood' was beautiful story telling. I really liked it. (