Sisters
Subtitle: shared histories, lifelong ties
By: Elizabeth Fishel.
Publisher: Conari Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: August 1994
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780943233703
Subjects: Sisters.; Sisters -- Family relationships.; Sibling rivalry.
First sentence: I have been told by friends who happen to overhear my side of the weekly phone conversations between my sister and me that ours is a private language, barely discernible even to those who know me best, a thick brew of intensity and high hilarity, baby talk and worldly counsel, sophisticated allusions, salty Yiddish and a patois of strange inflections and phraseology almost primitive in its litany.
Description: Through interviews and questionnaires with more than 150 women, the author explores the depth and breadth of sisterhood, sibling rivalry, devotion, ambivalence, birth order, and patterns of family roles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.295-300).
Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1979.