You were always mom's favorite!
Subtitle: sisters in conversation throughout their lives
By: Deborah Tannen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781400066322
Subjects: Sisters; Interpersonal communication; Communication in families
Description: Explores the connections among sisters throughout their childhood years into adulthood, including competitiveness, age differences, and lifelong friendships.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sisters in lifelong conversation; title: "We're close but we're different": compare and contrast; title: Looking up and talking down: competition and the array of age; title: Whose side are you on?: Understanding alignment; title: "I'll be the princess, you be the frog": younger sister: the view from the frog; title: Gateway to the world: older sister: the view from the gate; title: It's all talk: sisterspeak and genderlect; title: Sisterness: the good, the bad, and how to get more of the lovely.