First published 2003
Rose Feller has built a solid life as a thirty-year-old attorney. She pursues Jim, a senior partner at her law firm, despite knowing he's not quite right for her. Her carefully ordered world crashes when her younger sister Maggie arrives unannounced. Maggie drinks too much, smokes constantly, and helps herself to Rose's money and extensive shoe collection. She dreams of stardom as an actress, singer, or television host while drifting between jobs. Rose wishes Maggie would find stability and a decent boyfriend. Maggie thinks Rose needs to relax and discover how to have fun. The sisters believe they share only their traumatic past, their genes, and their shoe size. Rose sees Maggie as beautiful but irresponsible. Maggie views Rose as successful but uptight. Their constant friction threatens to destroy what little relationship they have left. Yet beneath their surface differences lies a deeper connection neither sister recognizes. As their lives become increasingly entangled, Rose and Maggie must confront the childhood tragedy that shaped them both.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Paperback · Simon & Schuster