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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY Slate - Daily Candy - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Guardian (U.K.) Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one. . . . What might be most strikingly excellent about Sisterland is the way Sittenfeld depicts domesticity and motherhood. --Maggie Shipstead, The Washington Post Psychologically vivid . . . Sisterland is a testament to [Curtis Sittenfeld's] growing depth and assurance as a writer. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times [Sittenfeld's] gifts are in full effect with this novel, and she uses them to create a genuinely engrossing sense of uncertainty and suspense. --Sloane Crosley, NPR's All Things Considered Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife and Prep, returns with a mesmerizing novel of family and identity, loyalty and deception, and the delicate line between truth and belief. From an early age, Kate and her identical twin sister, Violet, knew that they were unlike everyone else. Kate and Vi were born with peculiar senses --innate psychic abilities concerning future events and other people's secrets. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them. Now, years later, their different paths have led them both back to their hometown of St. Louis. Vi has pursued an eccentric career as a psychic medium, while Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has settled down in the suburbs to raise her two young children. But when a minor earthquake hits in the middle of the night, the normal life Kate has always wished for begins to shift. After Vi goes on television to share a premonition that another, more devastating earthquake will soon hit the St. Louis area, Kate is mortified. Equally troubling, however, is her fear that Vi may be right. As the date of the predicted earthquake quickly approaches, Kate is forced to reconcile her fraught relationship with her sister and to face truths about herself she's long tried to deny. Funny, haunting, and thought-provoking, Sisterland is a beautifully written novel of the obligation we have toward others, and the responsibility we take for ourselves. With her deep empathy, keen wisdom, and unerring talent for finding the extraordinary moments in our everyday lives, Curtis Sittenfeld is one of the most exceptional voices in literary fiction today. Praise for Sisterland What's most captivating about Sisterland is the intimate, intense portrayal of identical twin sisters. . . . [The novel] unfolds like a good prophecy--inevitable and shocking. --San Francisco Chronicle The accomplished Sittenfeld . . . is as skillful as ever at developing an intriguing premise and likable characters. . . . Sittenfeld's affectionate take on sibling rivalry is spot-on. -- People The power of [Sittenfeld's] writing and the force of her vision challenge the notion that great fiction must be hard to read. She is a master of dramatic irony, creating fully realized social worlds before laying waste to her heroines' understanding of them. . . . Her prose [is] a rich delight. -- The Boston Globe Wise and often wickedly entertaining . . . Readers who have siblings--especially women with sisters--will likely come away feeling as if the author really is psychic. -- USA Today From the Hardcover edition.

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PRAISE FOR CURTIS SITTENFELD<br> <br>American Wife<br> <br> A smart and sophisticated portrait . . . Sittenfeld has an astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers' heads. --The Washington Post <br> <br> A gripping epic of public and private lives . . . a gem. --Good Housekeeping <br> <br> The novel is a gift, a sweeping exploration of a woman's odyssey from obscurity to fame and the painful decisions she must make along the way. -- The Miami Herald <br> <br>Prep<br> <br> Prep conveys the inner world of an entirely typical teenage girl with remarkable warmth. . . . One of the most tender and accurate portraits of adolescence in recent memory. --San Francisco Chronicle <br> <br> Prep may be as addictive as M&Ms, but it's also a tart and complex tale of social class, race, and gender politics. --The Boston Globe <br> <br> Hilarious . . . a richly textured narrative. --The New Yorker <br> <br>The Man of My Dreams<br> <br> [Sittenfeld] writes with humor, intelligence, insight and heart. She's also as good at sharp social satire as she is at tender mercies. --The Boston Globe <br> <br> Pure, elegant prose; true, perfect dialogue; and emotion so searing it might just leave a scar. --The Miami Herald

PRAISE FOR SISTERLAND <br>People Magazine, Marie Claire, and Entertainment Weekly's SUMMER MUST LIST <p> Full of quiet, surprisingly relatable moments, [SISTERLAND] is a thoughtful look at the near-supernatural closeness between sisters, even those who'd rather not know what's going on inside each other's heads...As she did so well in her first novel, Prep, Sittenfeld richly evokes the daily lives of young women who are trying to figure themselves out...The double-edged connection between the two will ring true to anyone with siblings...Sisterland is a compelling portrait of what it's like to grow up alongside your best--and worst--self. The tragedy for these twins is that they can't always tell the difference between the two. -- Entertainment Weekly <br> In her new novel, the accomplished Sittenfeld is as skillful as ever at developing an intriguing premise and likeable characters...the writing is deft, the people are well-drawn and Sittenfeld's affectionate take on sibling rivalry is spot-on. -- People, 3.5/4 stars <br> Sittenfeld gently balances supernatural elements with an insightful portrait of modern domestic life...Sittenfeld's style is clean and fluid, with neither flourishes nor missteps....Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one.... --Maggie Shipstead, Washington Post <br> An ideal beach read...a skilled storyteller...Sittenfeld delivers a well-told, compelling story about characters so real they settle into your psyche like old friends. The relationships between the sisters and between Kate and her husband, Jeremy, feel both loving and realistic. It's a novel about growing up, making big choices and living with mistakes and regrets...a fast, smooth, guilt-free read. -- Associated Press <br> Wise and often wickedly entertaining...Readers who have siblings -- especially women with sisters -- will likely come away feeling as if the author really is psychic, able to learn the'

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Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of the novels Prep, The Man of My Dreams, and American Wife, which have been translated into twenty-five languages. Her nonfiction has been published by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon, Allure, and Glamour, and broadcast on public radio s This American Life. She graduated from Stanford and the Iowa Writer s Workshop.

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