Forever Sisters: Famous Writers Celebrate the Power of Sisterhood with Short Stories, Essays, and Memoirs [Paperback]

Pulitzer Prize-winning authorAlice Walkertells a mother's tale of reunion between her daughters: one trapped in Southern poverty, the other making it big in the city.Marilyn Frenchmovingly depicts two young women growing apart in a dysfunctional alcoholic family. With sharp humor,Joy Fieldingplays out the consequences for half-sisters reunited on a TV talk show.Fae Myenne Ngwrites of growing up in a culture that considers a family with only girl children failed. Recalling her grandmother and great-aunt,Olivia Goldsmithunfolds a dark memoir of sisterhood gone terrifyingly awry.Cristina Garciarelates a poignant reunion of sisters separated for thirty years, one trapped in Cuba, the other escaped to Miami. And in a splendid retelling of a classic fairy tale,Rita Doveimagines Beauty's forgotten sisters, while her wild romance with the Beast takes flight.
Along with eleven other unique perspectives on a very special bond,Forever Sistersspeaks to the part of every woman that only a sister can understand.Claudia O'Keefeis the editor of the anthologyMother,praised as a literary feast (USA Today),and available from Pocket Books. Her newest anthology,Father,is forthcoming in trade paperback from Pocket Books. She is the author of the novelsGawkersandBlack Snow Days;her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and magazines. Ms. O'Keefe is the granddaughter of Walter O'Keefe, a Broadway composer and radio legend of the 1940s.Chapter One:Seven Sisters (An Analysis By Numbers)by Whitney Otto

1. The Biological Sister

A woman I worked with, named Ellery, was having a baby. Addison, her sister, was giving the shower, and since I volunteered to help, I was asked to arrive an hour earlier than all the other guests.

You'll really like Addison, said Ellery as we walked to lunch. She reminds me of Gina -- you know, in the art department l£”