Names My Sisters Call Me

by Megan Crane

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Seeking to heal a long-standing rift between her two older sisters, a recently engaged Courtney calls the type-A Nora and the free-spirited Raine to her side but quickly realizes that family grievances are not as easily resolved as hoped.

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Names my sisters call me was not an easy book for me to get through. I loved the story and the characters, but family issue books are not easy for me to read. I did like the was this one made me think about the roles we all play, and the roles we assign others in our family.
This is the kind of book I adore and crave: smart, well-rounded characters with a great and complex storyline, but fun and easy to read. I was surprised with the depth of this story, it wasn't what I was expecting, and then I remembered that Megan Crane is a genius! She's really outdone herself here though. Highly Recommended.
Courtney’s relationship with both of her sisters seemed very real and messy, which is why I really liked the book. The people that are the closest to us can often be the most difficult to relate to. One of Courtney’s sisters, Norah, has lived by her throughout her life. Courtney has idolized her other sister, Raine, from a distance.

The author explores more than just the relationships among the sisters. Megan Crane also delves into the challenge Courtney faces when she meets her first love again after six years without seeing him. Even though she has a wonderful man, her fiancé, in her life right now, she still feels drawn to her first love. Her emotional conflict over the two men is overwhelming for her.

Readers are kept on edge show more wondering what Courtney will decide to do about her dilemma. Even after we have it figured out what she decides, the story compels us to keep reading. I do not personally have any sisters but this book makes me wish I did. show less
Meet Courtney, Norah and Raine, the three Cassel sisters. Courtney recently got engaged to Lucas and wanted to share her engagement with her entire family, including her estranged sister Raine. This one decision will turn Courtney's world around will force her to finally see what has been in front of her face her entire life.

I really enjoyed this book. It spoke about different types of love and after the love ends, it can stay with us. Sometimes allowing us to remain rooted in the past - provoking the "what if" question or pushing us forward to the person we are supposed to be.

I plan to read more of Ms. Crane's book. Highly recommended.
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Courtney decides to try and reunite her family with her estranged sister. This story is all about the complexity of families, and the issue of first love versus true love. It's completely fluffy :) I haven't read any chicklit in a long time, and I enjoyed it for that reason alone.
I found this book to be eerily similar, in some ways, to my own family. I am the youngest of 3 girls. They are much older then I am (11 and 12 years in my case, but they are really half-sisters). Even down to many of the personality traits of the oldest, middle and youngest siblings aligned very well. That is about where our similarities stopped. I do still have both my parents, and have no musical ability whatsoever. I had a hard time believing some on the not-thought-out decisions Courtney made. I had trouble seeing the humor in a lot of the situations with her and her sisters (too close to home, maybe?). But it was a light, easy read, and quick to get through, and passed the time nicely.
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It is the story of Courtney who trying to come to terms with the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend who ran off with her sister, Raine as well as reconcile with her estranged sister whom she have no contact since the fateful day. All these was because she is trying to come to terms with before her engagement with Lucas.

I find the story alittle pathetic especially the character of Raine who to me, is rather "unstable". Of the three sisters; Norah who is rather hotheaded, Raine and Courtney who is the inferior one among the sister, i like Courtney the most. She is down to earth, and i can relate her to the reality unlike her two other sisters ;) Overall, the book is rather well written but i wish that the story will have a better ending as I show more find the ending is a little too abrupt. show less

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People/Characters
Courtney Cassel; Norah; Raine
Important places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; California, USA; Pennsylvania, USA
Blurbers
Gillespie, Karin

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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PS3603 .R385 .N36Language and LiteratureAmerican literature
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½ (3.57)
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English
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