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The Sister Effect
The Sister Effect: A Novel | Susan Mallery
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"Mallery beautifully illustrates the power of female friendship and the importance of reaching for one's dreams."Publishers Weekly Beloved bestselling author Susan Mallery brings readers an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story that explores the nuances of a broken familys complex emotions as they strive to become whole in this uplifting story of human frailty and resilience. Finley McGowan is determined that the niece shes raising will always feel loved and wanted. Unlike how she felt after her mom left to pursue a dream of stardom, and when the grandfather who was left to raise them abandoned her and her sister, Sloane, when they needed him most. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrownose down, work hard, follow the rules. Sloane went the other way. Now Sloane is back, as beautiful and as damaged as everand she wants a relationship with her daughter. She says shes changed, but Finleys heart has been burned once too often for her to trust easily. But is her reluctance to forgive really about Sloane or worry over losing what she loves the most? With the help of a man who knows all too well how messy families can be, Finley will learn theres joy in surrendering and peace in letting go.
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Kshakal
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An emotional slow burn that had me laughing, crying and ultimately wanting a happy ending for all of the characters!

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Monica5
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Recommended by my librarians. Another one I wouldn't have read, had they not recommended it.

A woman's fiction book that has just a little romance, but a whole lot of family drama. Finley is a subcontractor, a guardian for her niece, sister, daughter and granddaughter that has to learn to come to terms with her sisters alcoholism. Sloane is a recurring alcoholic and has given guardianship of her daughter, Aubrey, to get sister. ⬇️

Monica5 Everything starts to pile up on both Finley and Sloane. Finley wants her life back; Sloane wants a life. Can they come to terms with each other and have a chance at a happy family life?

I have no idea why the cover is what it is for this book. Talk about way off. This is set in Seattle and never by any water. Just was a pet peeve of mine. Otherwise, it was a good read, though very heavy. Alcoholism is a terrible disease to grow up with. ⬇️
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Monica5
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I'm reading: The Sister Effect
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marleed
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Although this is an HEA, I wouldn‘t call it the beach read indicated by the cover. It‘s about the tough rode for families before it‘s safer to call a loved-one a recovering alcoholic - I‘d even say a TW for those who might benefit from Al Anon. Comic relief comes in the form of the family issues of the new boyfriend. …The setting is Wash State, and there is not a hint about what this book reflected in the cover design - nothing, notta, wtf!

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"An emotional, witty, and heartfelt story of a woman named Finley who is raising her niece because her long-addicted sister, Sloane, abandoned her."

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