Her sister’s shoes proves the healing power of family .
Nothing is a better set-up for a women’s fiction novel than three sisters and their shoes. Miss Ashley Farley hits pay dirt with the subject of her new book, HER SISTER’S SHOES (Leisure Time Books).
Jackie is the oldest sister and she’s about to turn fifty. She’s a perfectionist, her twin boys are growing up and not needing her help and she’s just found out hubby’s having an affair. Hello, mid-life crisis!
Middle sister, Sam has always held the family together, but with her son now in a wheelchair after an ATV accident her nerves are beyond frayed. She still has the family seafood business to run, which has seen better days and she’s putting away a few too many drinks.
Youngest sister, Faith lives in a trailer with an unemployed loser who never works, but finds the money and time to drink and abuse her and their daughter. He finally goes too far and Faith turns to her sisters for help, putting them all in danger.
Lovie is Jackie, Sam and Faith’s mother. She’s the glue that keeps the family together, but she’s getting more forgetful and absentminded. None of them wants to believe its dementia or Alzheimer’s, but the symptoms are getting worse, so they start talking about a retirement home.
Each of the Sweeney sisters is juggling challenges in the low country of South Carolina in her own way. Ashley Farley is really talented at giving each sister a unique voice and creating real-life situations many readers maybe dealing with in their own lives. My only suggestion is that an editor tighten up HER SISTER’S SHOES – perhaps cut fifty pages. I believe that would make it more pithy and succinct. Ashley Farley captures the realities of family love, being there for each other, despite being pushed away and ultimately family loyalty.
Thanks to TLC Book Tours and Leisure Time Books, we have one copy of HER SISTER’S SHOES to give away to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment about any relationship you have with your sister or sisters. We’ll pick a winner Friday.
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About Ashley Farley
Ashley Farley is a book blogger at Chronicles and author of Saving Ben and Her Sister’s Shoes. She is a community volunteer in Richmond, Virginia, where she lives with her husband and two college-aged children. Visit her website at www.ashleyfarley.net, connect with her on Facebook and Twitter, and friend her on Goodreads.
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I wrote this a few years ago, but it should answer your question. 🙂
http://merrylandgirl.blogspot.com/2010/08/well-always-have-bribes.html
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My sister is my exact opposite and impossible to get along with.
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I have one sister, she’s 10 years older than me. We have cycled in and out of our relationship over the years. Now that we are both older, we are closer. The hardest period was when I was in my 20’s and she her 30’s. She was trying to be too motherly, I had moved in with her starting out on my life as an adult, our mom lived out of state. I didn’t appreciate the mothering at the time, but looking back, I know she meant well.
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I am the oldest of 4 with two sisters. My sisters and I are all exactly 18 months apart and my brother is 11 years younger than me. Guess who spats and who was spoiled.
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My sister is 15 years younger than I am. When she was born I was dating and in high school. I used to take care of her all the time and I cried on my wedding night because I missed her. We never became close really and now our ages don’t matter as much. She’s very funny and we are alike in numerous ways.
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My sister is just a year younger than myself. As we gre through childhood, our older brother took charge as “The Boss”. He got away with everything because he threatened my sister and I if we told our parents. We were close growing up and are even closer today.
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Thanks for your lovely review of Her Sister’s Shoes. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. When my younger brother was born, six years after me, I cried buckets because he wasn’t a girl. I’m blessed with five sisters-in-law that more than make up for the absence of a sisters, although I’m not sure the dynamics are the same with in-laws as with true blood.
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I was an only child and always wanted a sibling, then found out I was adopted, luckily my best friend is like the sister I’ve never had and we’ve known each other for 40 years, I would be lost without her.
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My sister and I are best friends and just like friends we go thorough ups and downs…but always love each other and have each other’s back!
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I don’t have a sister. But I have a good friend from grade school whom I see often and almost consider a sister.
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WEll, I have an older sister and a younger sister. Very different women. I’m closer to one of them. Enough said!
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I have a younger sister. Our relationship was horrible growing up. It got a little better once she married and had kids. Still nowhere near where I want it to be. She seems to think I’m only being nice, civil, etc. just to spend time with my nephews. Not the case at all. I see friends with close relationships with their siblings and it makes me sad. In due time, I guess.
Thanks for holding this giveaway. Good luck to all!
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I wish I could say I had good relationships with my sisters, but I really don’t. None of our faily was close growing up and it’s gotten even worse as they have all moved away.
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