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Sisters of Fortune: A Novel
by Esther Chehebar
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
I jumped this book to the top of my queue because my sister gave it a 5-star rating on GR. But to me, it was meh. The eponymous Fortune is the engaged middle sister of a Brooklyn Syrian Jewish family. Nina is an old maid at 26, and Lucy, at 17, is going steady with a doctor. Fortune does what's expected of her and lives a meh life. And her fiancé's proposal--egad:
In the end, I wasn't that surprised to see Saul standing in the foyer. I was more confused as to why he chose to do it tish way, hijacking my dreams at an ungodly hour, a fog of sleep trailing me as I descended the stairs, one foot in front of the other. Was he worried that in a state of full consciousness I might say no?
This line of thought, though
Saul used to tell me that I was easy to love. I don't want to be easy to love; I want it to be hard to love me and I want someone to do it anyway, because not to would be too unbearable.