Book description
A sister is for life: your best friend, or your worst enemy. She is
the yardstick by which you measure how well you're doing and the
keeper of your family secrets. She may be the first person you rush to
when something wonderful happens or the one whose shoulder you cry on.
She's the one you're compared to and the one to compete with. In this
entertaining collection there are sisters ranging from the loving
Brontës to the scrapping Mitfords (who could never remember who was in
and who was out of favour), to the Pankhursts (who fought for women's
suffrage only to fall out with each other), to sisters of Lenin and
Hitler, and of Kings and Queens. There are sisters whose job it is to
compete with each other, such as Venus and Serena Williams. 'It wasn't
fun eliminating my little sister, but I have to be tough', said Venus.
A Lewis Carroll poem says, 'never stew your sister'. If cooking her
isn't allowed, what is the worst thing you can do to your sister? If
you want to make sure she'll never forgive you, pinch her man or
borrow her clothes.
Luisa Dillner is the author of The Complete Book of
Mothers-in-Law and is a columnist for the Guardian. She has been a
contributor to many magazines and newspapers, including Vogue,
Cosmopolitan and the Observer and has written a book about
relationships based on her Guardian column called Love by Numbers. She
originally trained and worked as doctor in Bristol. She now lives in
London with her family.
