By Cathleen Medwick
Oprah.com |
From the October 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives By Deborah Tannen 256 pages; Random House
Loving a sister can be a bit like hugging a cat: fuzzy and warm and fraught with peril. So observes Deborah Tannen in her latest exploration of human connection, You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives . Siblings will jump on this book to read about pigeonholing (who's the pretty one? who's the smart one?), power dynamics (older sister as "mini-mom"), and the coded messages, fond or furious, that only the person who knows you best will understand.
