You Were Always Mom's Favorite Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives [Paperback]

NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER


Conversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug between two dynamics—an impulse toward closeness and an impulse toward competition. It takes just a word from your sister to start you laughing, or to summon up a past you both share. But it also takes just a word to send you into an emotional tailspin. For many women, a sister is both a devoted friend and a fierce rival.

Wise and witty,You Were Always Mom’s Favorite!will leave you with a profound new understanding of the unique and precious sister bond, as well as provide practical advice that will open up communication, dispel tensions, and make a vital connection even stronger, deeper, and more resilient. 
“Siblings will jump on this book to read about pigeonholing . . . power dynamics . . . and the coded messages, fond or furious, that only the person who knows you best will understand.”
—O: The Oprah Magazine

 
“If you have a sister, you will probably recognize every detail and laugh or cry.”
—The Daily Beast
 
“Tannen’s very talented ear allows her to see inside our most intense relationships using the windows of our words.”
—Baltimore Sun
 
“Love/hate doesn’t begin to describe the elation and heartbreak, the humor and perplexed contradictions revealed in this delightful book when sisters speak of and to each other.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Deborah Tannen is the acclaimed author ofYou Just Don’t Understand, which was on theNew York Timesbestseller list for nearly four years including eight months as #1; the ten-weekNew York TimesbestsellerYou’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation; I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs and Kids When You’re All AdlS�