{"id":11513,"date":"2011-05-12T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=11513"},"modified":"2011-05-04T08:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T14:57:15","slug":"the-weird-sisters-by-eleanor-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-weird-sisters-by-eleanor-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Weird-Sisters.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Weird-Sisters.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Weird-Sisters.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Weird-Sisters.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The three Andreas sisters, Rosalind (Rose), Bianca (Bean), and Cordelia (Cordy)\u00a0grew up like no other\u00a0sisters you have ever met in <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2322168\" target=\"_blank\">The Weird Sisters<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Eleanor Brown.\u00a0 \u00a0Their father, a college professor who speaks\u00a0to them the majority of the time\u00a0by rattling off\u00a0Shakespearean quotes, instilled a love of books in his three daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Raised in the college town of Barnwell, Ohio, the sister&#8217;s lives took dramatically different directions after leaving their childhood home.\u00a0 Their lives are as different as their personalities and although they are sisters, they realize that they truly love each other, but actually don&#8217;t like each other that much.\u00a0 The three reunite back in Barnwell for a variety of reasons, most importantly, their mother&#8217;s battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their mother&#8217;s illness, each of the Andreas sisters has their own personal struggle to deal with whether it be running away from their past lives\u00a0or\u00a0struggling with\u00a0their future and its choices.\u00a0 The engaging characters and witty dialogue make <em><strong>The Weird Sisters<\/strong><\/em> a treat to read.\u00a0 You will\u00a0find yourself immersed\u00a0in the\u00a0lives of the sisters\u00a0as\u00a0a member of the Andreas family and you will find yourself\u00a0caught up in their triumphs and in their failures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three Andreas sisters, Rosalind (Rose), Bianca (Bean), and Cordelia (Cordy)\u00a0grew up like no other\u00a0sisters you have ever met in The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.\u00a0 \u00a0Their father, a college professor who speaks\u00a0to them the majority of the time\u00a0by rattling off\u00a0Shakespearean quotes, instilled a love of books in his three<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-weird-sisters-by-eleanor-brown\/\">[Read 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