The Sisters Sweet
Book Feature - The Sisters Sweet by Elizabeth Weiss
HBL Note: Described as “a beautiful new voice to the historical fiction/literary genre,” I am so excited to introduce you to debut novelist, Elizabeth Weiss. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (the most prestigious, most selective, most coveted graduate program for writers in the country,) but that was just one of many things that caught my attention about THE SISTERS SWEET. This novel is:
Historical fiction
Set in Chicago in the 20s and 30s
Already garnering LOTS of rave reviews
Has a creative angle with a Vaudeville backdrop
And has a beautiful cover
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Book Feature - The Sisters Sweet by Elizabeth Weiss
Book Feature - The Sisters Sweet by Elizabeth Weiss
From the publisher:
All Harriet Szász has ever known is life onstage with her sister, Josie. As “The Sisters Sweet,” they pose as conjoined twins in a vaudeville act conceived of by their ambitious parents, who were once themselves theatrical stars. But after Josie exposes the family’s fraud and runs away to Hollywood, Harriet must learn to live out of the spotlight—and her sister’s shadow. As Josie’s star rises in California, the Szászes fall on hard times. Striving to keep her struggling family afloat, Harriet molds herself into the perfect daughter. She also tentatively forms her first relationships outside her family and begins to imagine a life for herself beyond the role of dutiful daughter that she has played for so long. Finally, Harriet must decide whether to honor her mother, her father, or the self she’s only beginning to get to know.
Full of long-simmering tensions, buried secrets, questionable saviors, and broken promises, this is a story about how much we are beholden to others and what we owe ourselves. Layered and intimate, The Sisters Sweet heralds the arrival of an accomplished new voice in fiction.
Book Feature - The Sisters Sweet by Elizabeth Weiss
