You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives

"I love her to death. I can't imagine life without her," a woman says about her sister. Another remarks, "I don't want anyone to kill my sister because I want to have that privilege myself." With these two comments, begins this eye-opening and entertaining new book.

New York Timesbestselling author Deborah Tannen is renowned for illuminating the way we communicate?and revolutionizing relationships in the process. What she did for women and men in You Just Don't Understand, and mothers and daughters in You're Wearing THAT?, she now does for sisters in a groundbreaking book that explores one of the most powerful and perplexing relationships in our lives.

Conversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug between two dynamics?an impulse towards closeness and an impulse towards competition, as sisters are continually compared to each other. When you're with her, you laugh your head off, and can giggle and be silly like when you were kids. But she also might be the one person who can send you into a tailspin with just one wrong word. For many women, a sister is both.

With a witty and wise voice, Tannen shares insights and anecdotes from well over a hundred women she interviewed, along with moving and funny recollections of her own two sisters. You'll come away with a profound new understanding, as well as effective techniques to improve and accessible solutions for problems in this unique and precious relationship. more

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-21-2009; Compelling but not as well organized as Tannen's early books; I really enjoyed past books from Deborah Tannen like Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work and You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation so I was curious to read this latest work from her.Like her...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; An Only Child's Perspective.; Being a not-so-lonely-only, I still on occasion wonder what I missed out on by not having siblings. Both my parents came from large families, and my mother is one of 5 girls so naturally I felt compelled to read this on her account.I did...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-17-2009; Not what I expected; "You Were Always Mom's Favorite-Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives" is a title that made me think I was picking up a book with some lightness and fun, but this takes quite the scholarly approach to sisterhood. It was...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-08-2009; A Must Read!; I have a sister and we love each other but sometimes we fight for stupid things and feel like we don't want to be sisters so I was curious to read what the author has written and I was very impressed because she has given some very...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-08-2009; A Must Read!; I have a sister and we love each other but sometimes we fight for stupid things and feel like we don't want to be sisters so I was curious to read what the author has written and I was very impressed because she has given some very...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-21-2009; Compelling but not as well organized as Tannen's early books; I really enjoyed past books from Deborah Tannen like Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work and You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation so I was curious to read this latest work from her.Like her...; read full review | report as inappropriate