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Sign up todayBlue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick
A Novel
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Kit Griffiths
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Length
14 hours 26 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“I’ve always wanted a sister; this book gifted me four. Four unique characters, each flawed but lovable in their own way, who seem like they would never be able to get along. Pick up this book, then call your therapist. Better yet, your sister.”
— Caroline • Thunder Road Books
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“A complex, flawed, yet lovable set of sisters navigate grief when one of their beloved sisters dies of an unexpected overdose. This book focuses heavily on addiction, the way it claws, clings, and spreads through families. Reading it feels like taking a deep breath into your lungs after holding it for too long.”
— Veronica A • Powell's Books
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“If you have sisters (or even if you don't), this book is a great read! Emotional and moving, Blue Sisters follows the lives of three sisters, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky, who are forced to find themselves and each other after the loss of their fourth sister, Nikki. Coco Mellors captures the ups and downs of sisterhood and creates an ultimately challenging narrative about love, loss, and addiction. ”
— Sarrah • Quail Ridge Books
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“An engrossing account of three sisters struggling through the loss of their beloved sister and overcoming life’s trials in the midst of her unexpected death. This novel had me hooked like no other book I have ever read. The absolute sadness that seeps through the pages blankets the reader, resulting in a commitment to see if and how these sisters can weather the storms blown their way. Life isn’t easy, and for these four sisters, it was especially difficult from the start. This story shows just how strong and resilient women can be in the face of adversity while also proving that we all have our demons. Mellors delivers some of the most beautiful modern writing that will have you feeling this story deep within your core. It is heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one blow. I will never forget this novel, and I hope everyone who picks it up will treasure it as much as I do. Thank you to Libro.fm for the ALC, in which Kit Griffiths did an astounding job!”
— Alexandria McClelland • Golden Owl Bookshop
Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.
“A beautiful portrait of grief and the world-shaping bond sisters share.”—Real Simple
The three Blue sisters are exceptional—and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left the family reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in.
But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize that the greatest secrets they’ve been keeping might not have been from one another but from themselves.
Imbued with Coco Mellors’s signature combination of humor and heart, Blue Sisters is a story of what it takes to keep living after loss—and, ultimately, to fall in love with life again.
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Reviews
“In lush, cozy prose, Mellors guides us into the lives of Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue, reuniting to clean out their childhood apartment in New York City on the first anniversary of their sister Nicky’s death. . . . She is . . . able to capture the ferality, stickiness, and beauty of both sisterhood and grief.”—The New York Times“This intricate portrait of a family of sisters is deeply nuanced and compelling, a family drama with intimate psychological portraits within it.”—Vogue
“Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors paints a beautiful portrait of grief and the world-shaping bond sisters share.”—Real Simple
“If you loved Little Women or Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful, consider putting Coco Mellors’s Blue Sisters at the top of your reading list. . . . Expect bingeable, alternating chapters and a well-rounded perspective on grief, addiction, and complicated family dynamics.”—The Skimm
“Sparkling with wit, shot through with longing, Blue Sisters is a beautiful novel, both dazzlingly joyful and achingly sad.”—Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street
“In Blue Sisters, grief is rendered with gorgeous particularity. Coco Mellors writes about the special language endemic to family and troubles the idea of home.”—Raven Leilani, New York Times bestselling author of Luster
“With great sensitivity to language and psychology, Mellors offers an immersive portrait of three young women as they search one another and their contexts for antidotes to complex afflictions. The result is a stunning exploration of sisterhood and grief, addiction and recovery, pain and pleasure. At once contemporary and timeless, Blue Sisters is captivating.”—Tess Gunty, National Book Award–winning author of The Rabbit Hutch
“Suspended between the high of escapism and the slap of reality, the story of Avery, Bonnie, Nicky, and Lucky is a healing balm to lost souls. Blue Sisters will unearth tenderness and heartache from spectacular depths within you, giving new dimensions to the word blue.”—Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming
“Coco Mellors has the unique gift of making the picturesque, almost Wes Anderson–chic Blue sisters feel viscerally real, and it is a pleasure to be in their world even as they struggle with difficult things: grief, addiction, and generational trauma. In prose that is at times transcendently beautiful, Mellors has painted a portrait of sisterhood in all its pettiness and messiness and beauty and grace. It’s stunning.”—Rufi Thorpe, author of The Knockout Queen, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
“I never imagined a novel about grief could leave me feeling so warm. Coco Mellors has crafted a richly textured tale of love, loss, and addiction in all its complexities. When I made it to the final page, I had tears in my eyes.”—Isabel Kaplan, bestselling author of NSFW
“A stunning sibling story for fans of Emma Straub and Lily King.”—Library Journal
“Mellors delves into sibling drama with this frank and soulful offering . . .This story of addiction and grief will resonate with readers.”—Publishers Weekly Expand reviews
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