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The Girls

by Helen Yglesias

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The youngest of four sisters, a noted New York writer and critic, eighty-year-old Jenny has flown to Miami Beach to help her flamboyant sister Flora (the Sandra Bernhardt of the senior set) deal with their ailing older siblings. Eva, ninety-five, is still elegant and articulate: "They come if it's convenient," she ventures between wine toasts to her continuing years. Naomi is ever a beauty at ninety--and as vain as they come: "He's crazy about me, but I just brush him off." Despite their fragile bodies, they are women to be reckoned with--and Jenny and Flora have their hands full. As they strive to keep their sisters comfortable and cared for, an explosive history of sibling rivalry is reignited--one that illuminates each of their long lives, the tender joys and sorrows, and the bittersweet ache for life, especially in its twilight

years. . . .

Synopsis:

The youngest of four sisters, eighty-year-old Jenny has flown to Miami Beach to help her flamboyant sister Flora tend to their ailing older siblings: Eva, still elegant at ninety-five, but fading away; and the tart-tongued, ever beautiful Naomi, ninety and battling the big C. While Jenny and Flora care for their sisters, an explosive history of sibling rivalry is reignited — illuminating each of their long lives. An engaging, unflinchingly honest portrait of sisters in their twilight years, The Girls is a brilliantly comic and bittersweet tale of family and the human spirit.

Synopsis:

The youngest of four sisters, a noted New York writer and critic, eighty-year-old Jenny has flown to Miami Beach to help her flamboyant sister Flora (the Sandra Bernhardt of the senior set) deal with their ailing older siblings. Eva, ninety-five, is still elegant and articulate: "They come if it's convenient," she ventures between wine toasts to her continuing years. Naomi is ever a beauty at ninety--and as vain as they come: "He's crazy about me, but I just brush him off." Despite their fragile bodies, they are women to be reckoned with--and Jenny and Flora have their hands full. As they strive to keep their sisters comfortable and cared for, an explosive history of sibling rivalry is reignited--one that illuminates each of their long lives, the tender joys and sorrows, and the bittersweet ache for life, especially in its twilight
years. . . .

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345441126
Editor:
Nevler, Leona
Author:
Nevler, Leona
Author:
Yglesias, Helen
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Aged
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Miami
Subject:
Older people
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
106-484
Publication Date:
20001131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
7.14x5.09x.52 in. .39 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , The youngest of four sisters, eighty-year-old Jenny has flown to Miami Beach to help her flamboyant sister Flora tend to their ailing older siblings: Eva, still elegant at ninety-five, but fading away; and the tart-tongued, ever beautiful Naomi, ninety and battling the big C. While Jenny and Flora care for their sisters, an explosive history of sibling rivalry is reignited — illuminating each of their long lives. An engaging, unflinchingly honest portrait of sisters in their twilight years, The Girls is a brilliantly comic and bittersweet tale of family and the human spirit.
"Synopsis" by , The youngest of four sisters, a noted New York writer and critic, eighty-year-old Jenny has flown to Miami Beach to help her flamboyant sister Flora (the Sandra Bernhardt of the senior set) deal with their ailing older siblings. Eva, ninety-five, is still elegant and articulate: "They come if it's convenient," she ventures between wine toasts to her continuing years. Naomi is ever a beauty at ninety--and as vain as they come: "He's crazy about me, but I just brush him off." Despite their fragile bodies, they are women to be reckoned with--and Jenny and Flora have their hands full. As they strive to keep their sisters comfortable and cared for, an explosive history of sibling rivalry is reignited--one that illuminates each of their long lives, the tender joys and sorrows, and the bittersweet ache for life, especially in its twilight
years. . . .
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