Kitty and Her Sisters

by Maureen Lee

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Another wonderful Liverpool saga from bestselling author, Maureen Lee. At the age of nineteen, Kitty McCarthy has decided she is going to live a life less ordinary - although she doesn't know quite how to go about it. What she does know is that she doesn't want to get married and raise children in Liverpool like her elder sisters: Claire, who is a mother-hen; easy-going Norah and elegant Aileen. But Kitty's resolve is tested by the unexpected direction her life takes. The combination of an show more impetuous youthful decision and a chance meeting twenty years later are to have momentous repercussions that will stay with her for ever, and it is her sisters who are the constant thread when other relationships come and go. They know her best, they say, and in the end they know what's best for her - although Kitty would almost certainly disagree... show less

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** spoiler alert ** I was worried about this book being written in the first person but as the story progressed I found myself not wanting to put the book down. I found it queer that Kitty would fall pregnant when she knew that she didn't want children or marriage and I felt that her daughter was too forgiving.

Overall I enjoyed the book and loved the little cottage that Kitty found herself living in.
A la edad de 19 años, Kitty McCarthy ha decidido que vivirá una vida menos ordinaria, aunque no sabe muy bien cómo hacerlo. Lo que sí sabe es que no quiere casarse y criar hijos en Liverpool como sus hermanas mayores: Claires, que es una mamá gallina; la tranquila Norah y la elegante Aileen. Pero la resolución de Kitty se pone a prueba por la dirección inesperada que toma su vida. ¿Qué ganará nadando contra corriente?
Kitty McCarthy es una joven inconformista en el Liverpool de los años 1950. Lo único que tiene claro es que no quiere llevar la vida de sus hermanas y la de la mayoría de chicas de su entorno. Kitty tiene varias hermanas mayores y conoce demasiado bien lo que le espera a una chica como ella: tratar de sobrevivir en ese entorno industrial y gris, casarse con un chico trabajador, y en el mejor de los casos honesto, e ir criando a sus hijos. Kitty tiene otros planes, que pasan en primer lugar por su independencia. Pero la vida tiene sus propias reglas y las cosas no siempre salen según lo planeado.

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Canonical title
Kitty and Her Sisters
Original title
Kitty and Her Sisters
Original publication date
2006-03
People/Characters
Kitty McCarthy; Claire McCarthy; Norah McCarthy; Aileen McCarthy
Important places
Liverpool, England, UK

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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ISBNs
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