When thinking of ways to describe the bird sisters I thought of an ice cold glass of fresh squeezed lemonade on a hot summer day, extremely satisfying.
The story opens with two elderly sisters, Milly and Twiss who live alone in their childhood home together. They are known as the bird sisters because people bring injured birds for Twiss to tend to while Milly tends to the people who bring them. The bird Sisters, weaves a beautiful story that takes you from past to present seamlessly and introduces you to characters you will care deeply for.
Milly is the elder sister and is infinitely kind and considerate. She is one of those people who are always put upon. Her mother and father are dysfunctional at best and Milly steps in to their shoes and nurtures and cares for her younger sister Twiss who is the opposite of Milly in every possible way. Twiss is rambunctious, irreverent, and at times quite cruel but there is nothing and no one she loves like her sister.
The Bird sisters really takes place in a summer, the summer when their cousin Bett from deadwood comes to visit. In this summer parents fall in and out of love, the family fights poverty, they fight each other, Milly and Twiss find and lose true loves and determine the course of their futures. This book is beautifully written and is a story about the true love and fierce loyalty between sisters. This novel is full of quirky, unique characters and Milly and Twiss will no doubt find a way into your heart. I would suggest this beautiful story of life, love and sisterhood to anyone who loves a well-written book, that submerges you into a whole different world.
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