pagesbycyndy
Written on May 30, 2017
This book started out a bit slow for me. We meet a young Ronni in the beginning of the book. Ronni is the mother of Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy,, the Sunshine Sisters. I have to admit that I did not like young Ronni, an aspiring self centered actress or old Ronni, a lonely woman. Ronni was a horrible mother and as a result her daughters have a lot of issues. This book deals with a lot of heavy family issues which the author did a superb job of weaving into this story. I had a hard time, at first, connecting to the sisters but as the book went on and I got to know each of them the connections grew stronger. Ronni is very ill and wants her daughters home with her one last time. There are lots of emotions running high in this books and the three siblings do not get along. They each have their own issues and problems to deal with as well. These are complex women due to Ronni's parenting, or lack of. It was so hard for me to like Ronni and I really did not like her until the very end of the book as she speaks to each daughter separately. It is only then during Mother and Daughters' private moments together that we really get to know who Ronni really is, that is when I finally decided that I liked her.
Conclusion:
This book started out slow and I felt very disconnected to the characters a third of the way through the book. All of a sudden it opened up for me. I began to get to know and understand Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy. Each sister is interesting and a bit quirky with their own unique story. Ronni's true self is revealed to me eventually. All said this book worked well for me.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge