Summary from Good Reads:
Ronni Sunshine left London
for Hollywood to become a beautiful, charismatic star of the silver screen. But
at home, she was a narcissistic, disinterested mother who alienated her three
daughters.
As soon as possible, tomboy Nell fled her mother's overbearing presence to work on a farm and find her own way in the world as a single mother. The target of her mother s criticism, Meredith never felt good enough, thin enough, pretty enough. Her life took her to London and into the arms of a man whom she may not even love. And Lizzy, the youngest, more like Ronni than any of them, seemed to have it easy, using her drive and ambition to build a culinary career to rival her mother's fame, while her marriage crumbled around her.
But now the Sunshine Girls are together again, called home by Ronni, who has learned that she has a serious disease and needs her daughters to fulfill her final wishes. And though Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy are all going through crises of their own, their mother s illness draws them together to confront old jealousies and secret fears and they discover that blood might be thicker than water after all.
As soon as possible, tomboy Nell fled her mother's overbearing presence to work on a farm and find her own way in the world as a single mother. The target of her mother s criticism, Meredith never felt good enough, thin enough, pretty enough. Her life took her to London and into the arms of a man whom she may not even love. And Lizzy, the youngest, more like Ronni than any of them, seemed to have it easy, using her drive and ambition to build a culinary career to rival her mother's fame, while her marriage crumbled around her.
But now the Sunshine Girls are together again, called home by Ronni, who has learned that she has a serious disease and needs her daughters to fulfill her final wishes. And though Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy are all going through crises of their own, their mother s illness draws them together to confront old jealousies and secret fears and they discover that blood might be thicker than water after all.
My Thoughts:
The Sunshine
Sisters is another good summer read for 2017!
This is a good dysfunctional family/forgiveness story but it doesn’t get
too overly emotional or dark which makes it just right for a light summertime
read.
We move through
the lives of the Sunshine sisters from childhood into adulthood seeing how
their parental issues affected their lives and relationships. Each sister dealt with their overly dramatic
and selfish mother’s moods in different ways and also carried those coping
mechanisms into their working and personal relationships. I think everyone can identify a little bit
with each sister be it Nell’s fear of vulnerability, Meredith’s people pleasing
ways, or Lizzy’s constant need for excitement.
I really enjoyed
reading about how each of the sisters dealt with their relationship issues and
how they came to realize that they don’t have to carry their family dysfunction
on. This has a nice wrapped up ending
with a tinge of sadness. The Sunshine Sisters is an enjoyable read even though it was
occasionally predictable.
4/5 stars
4/5 stars
Author’s site: http://www.janegreen.com
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