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You Were Always Mom's Favorite!
Deborah Tannen
Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives
Random House
September 2009
On Sale: September 8, 2009
256 pages
ISBN: 1400066328
EAN: 9781400066322
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
“I love her to death. I can’t imagine life without her,” a
woman says about her sister. Another remarks, “I don’t want
anyone to kill my sister because I want to have that
privilege myself.” With these two comments, begins this
eye-opening and entertaining new book. New York Times bestselling author Deborah Tannen is renowned
for illuminating the way we communicate–and revolutionizing
relationships in the process. What she did for women and men
in You Just Don’t Understand, and mothers and daughters in
You’re Wearing THAT?, she now does for sisters in a
groundbreaking book that explores one of the most powerful
and perplexing relationships in our lives. Conversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug
between two dynamics–an impulse towards closeness and an
impulse towards competition, as sisters are continually
compared to each other. When you’re with her, you laugh your
head off, and can giggle and be silly like when you were
kids. But she also might be the one person who can send you
into a tailspin with just one wrong word. For many women, a
sister is both. With a witty and wise voice, Tannen shares insights and
anecdotes from well over a hundred women she interviewed,
along with moving and funny recollections of her own two
sisters. You’ll come away with a profound new understanding,
as well as effective techniques to improve and accessible
solutions for problems in this unique and precious relationship.
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