{"product_id":"they-were-sisters-classic-edition","title":"They Were Sisters (Classic edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 530px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/56_classicTheyWereSisters_high_res.jpg?v=1632321605\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"redtext\"\u003ePREFACE BY CELIA BRAYFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e464pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781906462567\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1943, '\u003cstrong style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey Were Sisters\u003c\/strong\u003e is a compulsively readable but often harrowing novel by one of Persephone's best writers, who always manages to make the ordinary extraordinary,' writes Celia Brayfield in her preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis, the fourth Dorothy Whipple novel we have reprinted, is, like the others, apparently gentle but has a very strong theme, in this case domestic violence. Three sisters marry very different men and the choices they make determine whether they will flourish, be tamed or be repressed. Lucy's husband is her beloved companion; Vera's husband bores her and she turns elsewhere; and Charlotte's husband is a bully who turns a high-spirited naive young girl into a deeply unhappy woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Independent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e Charlie Lee-Potter commented that \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey Were Sisters \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e'exerts a menacing tone from start to finish. I eavesdropped on the lives of Lucy, Charlotte and Vera, compelled to go on but with a sense of simmering dread', while Salley Vickers in the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e described 'the sparkling achievements of this accomplished novelist, not the least of which is the ability - rarer today than it should be - simply to entertain.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Grey, a Persephone audiobook and a Persephone eBook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Whipple","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098797232435,"sku":"bis1789694852788","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098797265203,"sku":"mvw1789694852789","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098797297971,"sku":"qin1789694852790","price":32.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098797330739,"sku":"yrl1789694852791","price":47.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/they-were-sisters-classic-edition_1.jpg?v=1789694863","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/they-were-sisters-classic-edition","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}