The Perils of Sisterhood [Paperback]

Amy Alden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2006

Meet Madrid and London La Mira, identical twins, party girls, fashion statements, paparazzi darlings, and the richest pampered princesses who ever carried around a Yorkie in a chartreuse Kate Spade handbag. Thank God they live on opposite coasts and only have to be around each other for three days at Christmas, when their checks are handed out. But not this Christmas. Tired of their outrageous, selfish ways, Maddie and Lonnie's beloved grandmother has issued a decree: become decent, caring, responsible citizens by your 30th birthdays or you'll never get another dime as long as you live. Homeless, broke, and totally clueless, Maddie and London have no one to rely on but each other. Now they're on a mission to get their money back that will take them on a detour through hilarity on the often-bumpy road to redemption...

Editorial Reviews

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Twin sisters London and Madrid La Mira are socialites who are famous simply for being wealthy, young, and beautiful. London parties in San Francisco at her club; she leaves all the work to her manager, Lucinda, while she beds the pretty women who frequent the club. In New York, Madrid goes through men as fast as her sister goes through women, and her life is equally empty. But when the girls' wealthy grandmother tells them that they won't be getting their annual $850,000 checks until they make something of their lives, London and Madrid are faced with the prospect of gainful employment. Hoping to impress their grandmother, they try charitable work and fail miserably. But when Madrid tries her hand at matchmaking and London explores cooking, the sisters find something they'd been missing: fulfillment. With heiresses Paris and Nikki Hilton grabbing headlines on a regular basis, Alden's snappy novel will find favor with chick-lit readers. Kristine Huntley
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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758213727
• ISBN-13: 978-0758213723
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,448,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your 7 dollars..., January 8, 2007

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Lawyer Barbie (Hampton,VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Perils of Sisterhood (Paperback)

I generally do not write reviews but I was incredibly offended by the book, so much so that I stopped reading it about 3/4th's of the way through. What had the potential to be a funny book is only marginally humorous, but for a light beach read I think this would be ok if it weren't for the ignorance it contains. Here are a few "choice" excerpts:

"..Never employ minorities, it makes you look racist. Even though we're better than all those african americans, hispanics, iranians..and God knows what other riff raff the Democrats are letting into this country....even though Mexicans are the BEST at landscaping"

From a black man in the book who is apparently stuck in slavery times in 2006:
"Bo knows a story. 'Bout how a turtle be beating a rabbit in a race. The rabbit he be fast, the turtle, he be slow. But de bunny done take itself a nap and de turtle crawled on right by him while he be snoozin'....Bo likes dat dere story"

There is no excuse for that and this book is not worth the read.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Want to laugh? Watch The Simple Life instead, July 4, 2005

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Sunny Dae (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here Comes The Bride (Paperback)

The fun of Paris Hilton is in the guilty pleasure we take in laughing at her. So a novel that shamelessly rips off Ms. Hilton's cluelessly priviliged lifestyle, right down to her geographical name, would work best if it was a laugh out loud satire. Unfortunately, The Perils Of Sisterhood is not. It plods predictibly along through a weak plot in which London and Madrid La Mira, twin sisters and heiresses to billions, are cut off from their annual $850,000 checks by their grandmother, who decides that they need to learn the value of money. We get the obligatory scenes of the dim witted siblings messing up every attempt to win back their grandmother's favor by doing good for others (killing endangered sea turtles, being grossed out by the needy in a soup kitchen, being fired from volunteer work building houses for the homeless after wondering aloud where the pool is going to go) until finally, both find their true calling - London as a chef, and Madrid as a matchmaker - which makes them better people and clearly deserving of their fortunes.

Not only is The Perils Of Sisterhood not funny, it borders on offensive with over the top stereotypes of gays, blacks, and <gasp> unattractive people. Madrid's gay friends shriek, giggle and sashay their way through every scene they're in, every black character talks like an episode of Amos 'n Andy, and the heavyset woman who is looking for love is loud, crass, and uneducated. I almost put the book down in disgust more than once without finishing it. I should have, since it never did redeem itself. Don't waste your time.

2.0 out of 5 stars So Condescending I'm Nearly Speechless, March 4, 2009

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Genie In A Bottle (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Perils of Sisterhood (Paperback)

I normally don't mind a little political incorrectness - especially knowing I'm reading fiction. But wow, this one is just so over the top it leaves me nearly speechless. All that bashing left a sore spot, but what really did me in (besides the numerous one-sided phone conversations) was the condescension. Who treats people like that anyway?