Synopses & Reviews
Bridget, Jean, and Sunny Crossley grow up in modest circumstances on Long Island, and all end up in the New York City of the 1980s. Free spirit Bridget, the oldest, is a well-traveled, sometime massage therapist in the East Village. Outspoken Jean is a corporate headhunter in double-breasted power suits who lives in a gleaming Upper East Side tower. Harvard-educated Sunny, the youngest and sweetest sister, drifts from eligible boyfriend to eligible boyfriend until she falls for a Harlem real estate developer and starts a family.
When Bridget dies unexpectedly during what should have been a routine operation, she leaves behind a ten-month-old girl named Jade. The big question becomes: Who should take the baby? The obvious and expert Sunny, or the never-at-home career woman Jean? The answer is, of course, more complicated than either sister could have anticipated.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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"If the book is a little too cluttered with interior monologues, Carey is nonetheless an engaging and often funny writer....Her sharp descriptions of the sisters' various milieus give the novel its piquancy." Publishers Weekly
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"Carey's portrait of modern 'superwomen' is both poignant and precise. From caustic cynicism to subtle sarcasm, Carey's wit radiates throughout..." Booklist
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"The often witty writing is clear and unpretentious, and love and money...are examined from a variety of viewpoints; things are seldom as simple as they seem." Library Journal