Blood Sisters [Paperback]

Judith Henry Wall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1994

Made blood sisters in the 1950s, when they were school girls in Colorado, Jen, Helen, Libby, and Bonnie take separate paths toward love, success, tragedy, and heartbreak as they grow into women. Reprint.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this flawed effort by the author of Love and Duty, four friends vow to be blood sisters always. Helen, Bonnie and Jen revolve like dim stars around sparkling Libby, their leader.The center of attention everywhere except home, Libby feels excluded by her parents' absorption in her sick brother, so she adopts a set of friends who give her the obsessive devotion she seems to require. She directs the other girls' lives until the early '60s finds them moving in directions away from her. Though Libby's actions pervade the tale, the narrative unfolds through the consciousness of Helen, once Libby's closest friend. Helen's model existence with her physician husband, and Bonnie's and Jen's lives are abruptly disrupted one day in 1966 when Libby disappears, seemingly into the thin air of the Colorado mountains. Official inquiries turn up nothing, so the friends-of course-begin a search of their own. What they uncover changes their lives and their vision of Libby forever. Unfortunately, along with clichits (Libby is described as the snow princess, and her lips are a slash of red against pale skin) and a plot as predictable as that of a dime-store romance, this minimally involving story suffers from a surfeit of stereotypes; only two minor characters show any development or self-knowledge.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451404149
• ISBN-13: 978-0451404145
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,604,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC, January 12, 1998

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This review is from: Blood Sisters (Paperback)

I GOT THIS BOOK ON THE RETURN TRIP FROM A BRANSON, MO VACATION TRIP, AND IT WAS SO GOOD I'M AFRAID I MISSED MANY OF THE SIGHTS I HAD GONE TO BRANSON TO SEE. I COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN. IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW I CAN GET MORE OF HER BOOKS, LET ME KNOW PLEASE!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutey Mag !!!!!!!, October 17, 2001

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"kellyjohnston" (Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Sisters (Hardcover)

I am now 23 years old, I read this book in the ninth grade. I have not forgotten it yet. I have been looking for another book this good since and have not succeed. I am going to order this book and read it over and over. Wonderful reading here !!!

HIGHLY RECOMENDED! ******** Five stars are not enough.

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood Sisters, August 11, 2009

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J. Wells "ranger granny" (Ogdensburg, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Sisters (Paperback)

Found this book in a box headed for the library give away and plucked it out for something quick to read. It sat for months until my daughter picked it up and started reading it. She enjoyed it so much that she insisted i read it as well. It is a really good book and we are now on the hunt for more works by this author at our public libraries.