Sisterchicks Go Brit! (Sisterchicks Series #7) [Paperback]

Robin Jones Gunn (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sisterchicks | Publication Date: May 20, 2008

Cheerio, Sisterchicks!

SISTERCHICK® n: a friend who shares the deepest wonders of your heart, loves you like a sister, and provides a reality check when you’re being a brat.

Two midlife mamas hop over to jolly ole England and encounter so much more than the usual tourist stops. Liz does have a bit of a childhood crush on Big Ben, and she has hoped to “meet” him ever since her fifteenth birthday. Kellie dreams of starting an interior design business and figures Liz needs to be a part of that equation–a calculation that hasn’t added up for Liz yet.

Nothing on the excursion goes the way these two friends had envisioned. They start with a village pancake race and end up being held for questioning on The Underground. Kellie and Liz take a wild tour through the land of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien and then find themselves swept up, up, and away in a hot air balloon over the Cotswalds. London beckons with the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, shopping at Portabella Road in Knotting Hill, and of course, reservations at the Ritz for a posh high tea.

A few detours along the way and the possibility of being lost in a London fog of wonderment aren’t enough to stop these two Sisterchicks! Each step of their regal journey is lined with evidence of God’s gracious compassion, and both come to realize that God knows their every wish. He is the One who planted every dream in their hearts.

And, oh, what a surprise awaits them when they return home!

Editorial Reviews

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“Robin has done it again! You and your Sisterchicks will love taking this new adventure together!”
- Karen Kingsbury, New York Times best-selling author of Between Sundays and Ever After

“Get ready for a wild ride through the back streets of Oxford and London’s busy underground. Sisterchicks Go Brit! is a joy to read and a delightful reminder that it’s never too late in life to take a risk. You’ll be cheering as these women dare to follow their hearts and be inspired to revive the dreams lying dormant in your own heart. Thanks, Robin, for treating us to another Sisterchicks adventure full of friendship, faith, and fun.”
- Melanie Dobson, author of Going for Broke and The Black Cloister

“My only complaint about Robin’s latest is that now I want to hop a plane to England! But combine a cup of Earl Grey tea and this charming story and you’re halfway there. Another delightful tale about women helping women to live their lives to the fullest.”
- Melody Carlson, author of These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking and A Mile in My Flip-Flops

“Funny, touching, and true to life, Sisterchicks Do the Hula! will have you doing the hula (and loving it!) by the last page. Grab your grass skirt, girlfriend–this is one trip you don’t want to miss! Robin Jones Gunn is the perfect tour guide for this joy-filled Hawaiian adventure. You’ll feel the sand between your toes, taste sweet pineapple juice, see amazing rainbows–all without having to put on a bathing suit! Your travel partners, two turning-forty chicks, will feel like old friends the minute you hit the beach.”
- Liz Curtis Higgs, best-selling author of Bookends and Mixed Signals

“Sisterchicks in Gondolas is a true delight. The characters shine, and evocative language will make any reader want to visit Venice. Biblical truths are portrayed simply, yet will touch hearts and lives with their realistic application.”
- Romantic Times magazine

“If you have a keen sense of adventure, you will love exploring the world with Robin Jones Gunn’s Sisterchicks series… The author makes sisterhood and friendship into an incredible treasure, and she uses Scripture in a way to challenge, uplift, and encourage the readers. This is an excellent read.”
- Book Bargains and Previews for Sisterchicks in Gondolas

“Robin Jones Gunn makes traversing midlife seem almost welcoming because she has that rare gift of communicating hope amid trial and inner chaos. Robin has found an effective mode of gently lending some instruction to women who sometimes feel overwrought and undone by life’s unexpected curves. Women and older teens will relish Sisterchicks Down Under. Who says growing older can’t be fun if you have a friend to share the journey?”
- FaithfulReader.com

About the Author

Robin Jones Gunn is the much-loved award-winning author of the Glenbrooke, Christy Miller, and Sierra Jensen series, with over 3 million books sold worldwide. Robin savors an occasional adventure with her real-life Sisterchicks, but she loves being home with her husband, their grown son and daughter, and their golden retriever, Hula.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 285 pages
• Publisher: Multnomah Publishers (May 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590527550
• ISBN-13: 978-1590527559
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

You are warmly invited to visit Robin's website at www.robingunn.com. Be sure to sign up for the Robin's Nest Newsletter and have a browse in the Online Shop.

Over the past 25 years Robin has written 70 books with over 4 million copies sold.

She started writing for teens when the girls in her church youth group challenged her to write stories for them. It took 2 years and 10 rejections before the first Christy Miller novel was published in 1988. Since then the tales of these Forever Friends have continued. The Christy Miller series was followed by the Sierra Jensen series, Christy and Todd the College Years and the Katie Weldon series.

As Robin's readers grew older they asked for more stories about characters their age. The 8 book Glenbrooke series was launched followed by the Sisterchicks(R) series and a variety of standalone destination novels including "Under a Maui Moon" and "Canary Island Song".

Join Robin Jones Gunn on her facebook public figure page where she frequently posts updates on her latest travel or writing adventure.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars more a series of amusing anecdotal tales, May 24, 2008

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sisterchicks Go Brit! (Sisterchicks Series #7) (Paperback)

Though in their early fifties, best friends Kellie and Liz have dreams since they were teens they hope to one day fulfill. Kellie still wishes to start an interior design business with Liz as her partner; Liz wants to visit London, a dream she has had since she was a teen.

Elderly neighbor Opal is going home to England to see her sister. Liz and Kellie decide to join her. As the Sisterchicks swing through England, they run into trouble, fog, and a good time while meeting nice people (for the most part), but also begin to understand that God knows their inner wishes whether the Lord grants them or not.

Fans of the series will want to accompany the Sisterchicks on their tour of Britain, which instead of the Romanism of Bronte starts as traffic like can be found in New York. The story line is actually more a series of anecdotal tales rather than a novel, but fans of the adventures will enjoy the SISTERCHICKS GO BRIT.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A quick trip to Britian with good friends, June 17, 2008

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sisterchicks Go Brit! (Sisterchicks Series #7) (Paperback)

The dearest kindness a woman can offer herself in the autumn of her years is the permission to take risks, or so says Opal, a hot-pink tennis shoe clad seventy-nine-year-young Sisterchick.

That's just what midlife mamas Liz and Kellie learn to do when they escort Opal to Great Britain. Very little of their trip goes as planned as they are first detained in Olney during Pancake Day, detoured to Oxford when they thought they were heading to London, and navigating the "tube," "coaches," and teatime.

Fans of the Sisterchicks books will find in Sisterchicks Go Brit! another wonderful story of "friends who share the deepest wonders of your heart, love you like a sister, and provide a reality check with you're being a brat." Returning readers of the series won't be disappointed with this foray into all things British. Those not familiar with the Sisterchicks should pick a destination and prepare to travel with friends (if only in your imagination).

It's always fun to read about moms being people and experiencing life without being mired down in motherhood duties-it gives me hope! Maybe someday I'll go gallivanting around with a good friend without having to worry about school schedules and diapers.

I especially enjoyed reading an outsider's view of Pancake Day in Olney. I can only speak of same event held annually in the sister city of Liberal, Kansas, but it is just as crazy-or more-than she described. And I can't believe that Tolkien and Lewis' homes aren't museums. The people who live there probably go crazy with the tourists. I want to be crazy enough to hop out of the taxi and take photos of the gnomes!

Overall, I feel like I've just returned from a British vacation with friends-and I can't wait to go on another.

Armchair Interviews agrees.

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny girls!, August 6, 2010

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S. Smith "Sis Chick" (Bham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sisterchicks Go Brit! (Sisterchicks Series #7) (Paperback)

I love this series of books by Robin Gunn. They are fun and also you learn alot spiritually. Good reading!