AS CLOSE AS SISTERS is the story of four women who have been friends almost their whole lives. Every summer, they vacation at the beach house one of them owns. This year things are a bit different. One of the women is in the later stages of cancer. One is expecting a baby after many unsuccessful tries. The other two each have secrets of their own. It is heartbreaking to read how Mackenzie wonders if her daughters will see her and feel her after she was gone. At times, the daughters seem emotionally disconnected from their mom, so much so that I wanted to reach through the pages and smack them both.
AS CLOSE AS SISTERS revolves around each woman's actions and reactions during their stay at the beach house. It is a wonderful tale of love, trust, and honesty. They all hate and love the beach house since the night of the awful tragedy they experienced at such a young age. Yet every year, they come back to this place that for better or for worse is their place to unwind and enjoy each other. This year emotions are running high as Mackenzie's illness is surely going to be the end of the four of them vacationing together. Secrets will be shared and twists that you can't believe will have you turning the pages late into the night. The underlying forces between the women change but no matter what, nothing will affect the truth that they are as close as sisters.
AS CLOSE AS SISTERS is a very heart warming and emotional story. I fell in love with each one of these women even though I didn't always like what they did or said. I was emotionally invested in their stories and had to see the story through to see how it ended. Mackenzie doesn't want her daughters to stop living their lives just because she is dying. She tells them she couldn't handle that. But she can't help but feel a bit jealous at the relationships they share with her girlfriends. My heart just broke for her. It was not the ending I was expecting and that made me love this book even more. I have never read anything by Colleen Faulkner before and now I can't wait to read more.
Since the age of twelve, McKenzie Arnold has spent every
summer at Albany Beach, Delaware, with her best friends
Aurora, Janine, and Lilly. The seaside house teems with
thirty years of memories--some wonderful, others
painful--and secrets never divulged beyond its walls. This
summer may be the last they spend together, as Janine
contemplates selling her family cottage.
For now, all four enjoy morning beach walks and lazy
evenings on the porch, celebrating Lilly's longed-for
pregnancy and offering support during McKenzie's greatest
crisis. It's a time for laughter and recriminations, a
time
to forge a new understanding of a long-ago night when
Aurora
sealed their bond with one devastating act. And as the
days
gradually shorten, events will unfold in ways that none of
them could have predicted, to make this the most momentous
summer of all.
In a deeply moving novel filled with heartbreak and
warmth,
Colleen Faulkner explores the complex ties between four
very
different women as they move through life together, and
apart.
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