Once We Were Sisters
A Memoir
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Sheila Kohler
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Sheila Kohler
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A beautiful, heartrending literary memoir about the tragic death of the author's beloved older sister and a tribute to their bond.
When Sheila Kohler was 37, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine, only two years older, was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg. Stunned by the news, she immediately flew back to the country where she was born, determined to find answers and forced to reckon with his history of violence and the lingering effects of their most unusual childhood - one marked by death and the misguided love of their mother.
In her signature spare and incisive prose, Sheila Kohler recounts the lives she and her sister led. Flashing back to their storybook childhood at the family estate, Crossways, Kohler tells of the death of her father when she and Maxine were girls, which led to the family abandoning their house and the girls being raised by their mother, at turns distant and suffocating. We follow them to the cloistered Anglican boarding school where they first learn of separation and later their studies in Rome and Paris where they plan grand lives for themselves - lives that are interrupted when both marry young and discover they have made poor choices. Kohler evokes the bond between sisters and shows how that bond changes but never breaks, even after death.
©2017 Sheila Kohler (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Ce que les auditeurs disent de Once We Were Sisters
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2023-06-03
Interesting book!
Great book! Interesting view into the author’s life and the tragic loss of her sister.
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- Linda Cooper
- 2024-02-16
I love how she reads
This is a beautiful memoir and I was captivated by the story . A must read book
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- Victoria Tirmizi
- 2023-02-18
Very compelling memoir
I loved her writing. She evokes the memories of her life and especially her sister with such tenderness and clarity. I enjoyed this so much.
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- Denise Paulsen
- 2023-08-10
Wonderful book
What a tragic yet beautifully written story. I can relateI have experienced the trauma of sorts that splinters families and relationships. But what a soothing listen for those of us who can identify. Thank you Sheila for sharing and I am so very sorry for your loss.
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