Sisters (Paperback)

~ Lynne Cheney (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Signet (December 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451112040
• ISBN-13: 978-0451112040
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #983,215 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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153 of 168 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What do women want? A new edition of "Sisters"!, May 1, 2004

By A Customer

Just focus for a moment on the nickname of the husband of the authoress, and it becomes E-Z to understand why Lynne Cheney's throbbing pudenda compelled her to write this novel more than two decades ago. As directed by the Commander in Chief, the White House gynecologist has since infibulated the author. Yet potent testimony of the intensity of gratified female desire remains between the well-thumbed pages of the few yellowing copies of "Sisters" that have not been purchased and burned by Attorney General John Ashcroft and his staff members.

"Sisters" made its debut when Mrs. Cheney was an unknown scribbler, though her words undoubtedly inspired the life choices of her daughter Mary. It is shameful that partisan political pressure upon Lynne's publishing house, as well as her current status as Second Womyn of the United States, keeps this moist, glistening gem from being reissued. Readers across America would find "Sisters" a fine excuse for self-abuse if only this exquisite paean to Sapphic love, as well as to prophylactic-clad heterosexual bonking in the Wild West, became widely available once again! Forty-four bidders attempted to buy a yellowing copy from eBay, yet only one succeeded, at a price beyond rubies.

The female wankers of America need this book. Bring it back.

EDIT: I recently found a copy of the book through back channels. If you wish to read it, being posted on the web in an act of freedom of information, go to www.livejournal.com/~lynnecheney

186 of 213 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leaves you panting for more!, February 20, 2003

By A Customer

This story of a Washington wife who leaves her powerful husband to join a womyn's commune is charged with the kind of eroticism you just don't expect from the Second Lady of the United States of America. I was amazed at how graphically Ms. Cheney details the commune's daily "massage classes" and their predictable free-for-all aftermaths, while at the same time delivering a devastating critique of phallocentric discourse in modern culture. I can't wait for the sequel, in which the Sisters declare war against the male-dominated multinational corporation that is threatening to foreclose on their commune. Four Stars!

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for every woman!, March 25, 2004

By A Customer

The lusty story of frigid, 19th century house wives thawed only by the gentle, loving caresses of one another. Probes trepidatiously into the sweet, secret delights that await them and brings forth the deep, damp passions lurking in all women as they take their first trembling steps toward their most fervent desires on a tawdry journey of self discovery.