Sisterhood

Check out these amazing summer reading titles all about sisterhood.  Some new and some well worth visiting again.

The Secret Sisters by Joni Rodgers - "Three women bound together by marriage and family are all struggling with incredible circumstances that defy their very ability to survive. Through their journey they find themselves rediscovering love and their very definitions of self in suprising and unexpected ways."- pub. desc.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - The ultimate sisterhood story

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - In the turbulent South, a runaway white girl and an older black woman find refuge and a new kind of family in the home of three sisters.  This story is guaranteed to capture your heart.

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood - A mother turns to knitting to help deal with the loss of her child and discovers a world of friendship and unexpected healing when she joins a knitting circle.  Moving.  Beautiful.

Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg - "Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef's kitchen--and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find again the people and things they miss. One woman wants to connect with a daughter she gave away at birth; another wants to visit her long-absent ex-husband; a third woman, a professional chef, is seeking new inspiration from the restaurants along the way. And Cecilia is looking for Dennis Halsinger, the man she never got over, who recently sent her a postcard out of the blue. This novel is classic Elizabeth Berg--a portrait of how women grow through the relationships that define them, and a testament to the power of female friendship"-- Provided by publisher.

I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes & Loretta Nyhan -  Two women forge a friendship during World War II through their letters to each other, allowing them to survive the loneliness and uncertainty of waiting on the home front and giving them the courage to face the battles raging in their very own backyards.

Island Girls by Nancy Thayer - talk about forming a new kind of family and sisterhood..."When the will of a recently deceased ladies' man mandates a summer-long reunion for his daughters from different marriages at his posh Nantucket house, the three sisters are forced to confront long-festering resentments and misunderstandings as well as challenges in their private and professional lives, a situation that is complicated by a shocking revelation and the arrival of their mothers." - pub. desc.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares - "Some friends just fit together" captures the very heart of this story.  Told through the journey of a shared pair of jeans, each friend is forced to face life on her own for the first time, find her own courage, build her own life, but never without the knowledge that the friendship of these four girls will always hold her up and be there.

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - need we say more?  If you missed the movie, if you haven't heard the hype, then you really did miss this one.  Two women's friendship, unlikely as it may be, that transcends time, death, children, starting a business, and building an incredible life.

The divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells - This is true sisterhood - the ups and downs, the fighting and loving, the coming together when one is in need - Wells will have you wrapped in this family's story here and the book which follows. 

And of course we would be reminisce in not mentioning Jane Austen and her great portrayals in both Pride and Prejudice as well as Sense and Sensibility.  If you have not read these yet...well, need we go on.  Read them!