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Also by Deborah Tannen:

Finding My Father, September 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
You Were Always Mom's Favorite!, September 2009
Hardcover
You're Wearing That?, January 2006
Hardcover
That's Not What I Meant, February 2002
Paperback (reprint)
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, September 2001
Trade Size (reprint)

YOU WERE ALWAYS MOM'S FAVORITE!
By: 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.

Media Buzz

Martha Stewart - May 31, 2011
Martha Stewart - April 7, 2011
Martha Stewart - February 15, 2011
Today - September 15, 2010
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - September 8, 2009