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Sister Mine [Kindle Edition]

Nalo Hopkinson
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Book Description

As the only one in the family without magic, Makeda has decided to move out on her own and make a life for herself among the claypicken humans. But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own power--and reconcile with her twin sister, Abby-if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .

We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have been able to push the two-headed sport that was me and Abby out the usual way. Abby and I were fused, you see. Conjoined twins. Abby's head, torso and left arm protruded from my chest. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't. Far as the Family was concerned, Abby was one of them, though cursed, as I was, with the tragic flaw of mortality.

SISTER MINE

Now adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls gave Abby a permanent limp, but left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father, the god of growing things--an unusual childhood that made them extremely close. Ever since Abby's magical talent began to develop, though, in the form of an unearthly singing voice, the sisters have become increasingly distant.

Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life among the other nonmagical, claypicken humans--after all, she's one of them. In Cheerful Rest, a run-down warehouse, Makeda finds exactly what she's been looking for: a place to get some space from Abby and begin building her own independent life. There's even a resident band, led by the charismatic (and attractive) building superintendent.

But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own talent--and reconcile with Abby--if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .

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"Hopkinson has lost none of her gift for salty, Caribbean-Canadian talk...and the relationship between Makeda and Abby always rings true: resentment and anger enduringly intertwined with love and loyalty." (Kirkus Reviews)

"A most impressive work . . . vivid and richly nuanced, utterly realistic yet still somehow touched with magic." (Toronto Star on The New Moon's Arms)

"With sly humor and great tenderness, Hopkinson draws out the hope residing in age and change." (Toronto Globe and Mail on The New Moon's Arms)

"[A] considerable talent for character, voice, and lushly sensual writing . . . her most convincing and complex character to date." (Locus on The New Moon's Arms)

"A book of wonder, courage, and magic . . . an electrifying bravura performance by one of our most important writers." (Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on The Salt Roads)

"Sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic. A tour de force from one of our most striking new voices in fiction." (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Salt Roads)

"Vibrant . . . stunning . . . Hopkinson puts her lyrical gifts to good use." (New York Times Book Review on Skin Folk)

"Hopkinson has already captured readers with her unique combination of Caribbean folklore, sensual characters, and rhythmic prose. These stories further illustrate her broad range of subjects." (Booklist on Skin Folk)

"Succeeds on a grand scale . . . Hopkinson's narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin." (New York Times Book Review on Midnight Robber)

"Rich and complex . . . Hopkinson owns one of the more important and original voices in SF." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Midnight Robber)

"Excellent . . . a bright, original mix of future urban decay and West Indian magic . . . strongly rooted in character and place." (Sunday Denver Post on Brown Girl in the Ring)

"Utterly original . . . the debut of a major talent. Gripping, memorable, and beautiful." (Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club on Brown Girl in the Ring)

About the Author

Nalo Hopkinson has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for Literature of the Fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection Skin Folk was selected for the 2002 New York Times Summer Reading List and was one of the New York Times Best Books of the Year. Born in Jamaica, Nalo has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada.

READER BIO
Robin Miles is a Golden Voice, Audiofile Magazine's top 30 voices in the U.S., whose numerous performing & directing awards include Audies, Earphones, and several "Best of the Year" designations. She has narrated over 200 audiobooks, including bestsellers, Cleopatra: A Life and The Warmth of Other Suns, in addition to museum installations and documentary films. She handles archaic historical fiction, SciFi/Fantasy, Romance, and poetry with equal agility and you will find her memorable work in almost all genres. Additional credits include Broadway's The Violet Hour, many Shakespeare and classic stage plays, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and National Geographic's Tales from the Wild. She is a graduate of Yale University (B.A.) and The Yale School of Drama (M.F.A.), and owns Voxpertise, Inc., a VO production company and voice training company in NYC.

Product Details

  • File Size: 523 KB
  • Print Length: 321 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0446576921
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 12, 2013)
  • Sold by: Hachette Book Group
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008TVA6HO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Lending: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,643 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ FOR FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY FANS April 15, 2013
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To me, not much can be negative in a book that features Jimi Hendrix's guitar as the male character Lars, boyfriend to one of the twins in this masterful mythological work. With the exception of the mention (not an actual description) of incestuous relations (consensual, at least), the book is exquisite: prose-worthy, humorous, all-around different than the usual publications. As in mythology, one twin--Abigail--is divine and the other--Makeda--is not. Their relatives include the Grim Reaper, the Ocean and the Bejis who are also twins (according to the Yoruba in Nigeria who call them Ibejis). Twins appear in most world mythologies so rather than trying to match them up, I just sat back (against my pillow in bed) and enjoyed the story. Accessible and imperfectly perfect, it is easy to relate to these Geminis. If you are interested in family, love, jealousy, and the childish but very real desire for justice, be sure to add Sister Mine to your reading list.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nalo is in good form April 10, 2013
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As usual, Nalo tells a good story. Some of the references she makes would not be easily or quickly understood by those not familiar with Caribbean culture and folklore. Those who do will appreciate Nalo's clever twist(s) on things. But I'm not going to give the plot away.
Without trying to genre-lize it, I would say if you are a fan of sf, postmodernism, Caribbean lit, magical realism and/or Nalo herself, I would say, take a read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars sister mine May 10, 2013
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I really love this book. Not one boring chapter, keeps you on the edge, page after page. Excellent nail biting read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book May 3, 2013
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It took me a few tries to get started, but once I got involved, I really liked this book. It's fun and crazy and colorful and unexpected but very sound at heart. I loved the love between Abby and Makeda and the rest of her powerful, crazy family. I loved that the whole family, despite being deities, was "normal" with the same squabbles and slights and snits and love that most extended families have. I liked that I never really knew where the story was going to go next. However, it's a very slight story for all the flash and glitter. Nothing much happens except Abby and Makeda come to a better balance in their relationship with each other. I guess I expect more movement and growth in the characters of a novel. This book reads more like an extended short story. It's excellently written though, and I'd certainly recommend it as a fun quick read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Odd book April 22, 2013
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Stretched my mind. Some images are still with me. Science fiction, alternate reality, skipping around but a connection with nature, music and others that worked.
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Yay, an urban fantasy novel based on African diaspora culture, myths, and legends! This was utterly unique, a quick read, with lots of unexpected twists and turns. I appreciated how the author did not stop the story to do an exposition-dump somewhere in the first few chapters, but I did wish that I had a cast of characters, or that it was based on an easily-recognizable (to me) set of myths that I could do internet research on. Basically, I wanted to know more. However, that said, I always knew enough to follow what was going on, and discovering the various characters, their relationships, and the structure of the world they lived in as the story unfolded was part of the fun. I would definitely read a sequel or another novel set in the same world, were she to write one. I recommend this to any fans of urban fantasy... who are over the age of 16 or so, as this was decidedly not a PG novel.
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More About the Author

I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books. If you like knowing about awards and such, my work has received the Warner Aspect First Novel award, the Sunburst Award for Canadian literature of the fantastic, the World Fantasy Award, the Gaylactic Spectrum Award, and Honourable Mention in Cuba's Casa de las Americas Prize for literature.

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