They Were Sisters
Audiobook
18 April 2024
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
When three sisters marry very different men, the choices they make determine whether they will flourish, be tamed or be repressed. Set in 1930’s middle-class England, the classic domestic drama, They Were Sisters, is a compelling but harrowing novel by Dorothy Whipple.
Meet three women with contrasting partners: Lucy's husband is her beloved companion; Vera's husband bores her and she...
Details
18 April 2024
861 minutes
9781035047291
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
It is the most extraordinary and brilliantly subtle but moving look at three sisters, and the interplay between them as they grow into adulthood . . . such a wonderful character studyElizabeth Day, Stylist
Exerts a menacing tone from start to finish. I eavesdropped on the lives of Lucy, Charlotte and Vera, compelled to go on but with a sense of simmering dreadjournalist Charlie Lee-Potter, Independent on Sunday
The sparkling achievements of this accomplished novelist, not the least of which is the ability - rarer today than it should be - is simply to entertainnovelist Sally Vickers, Spectator