{"product_id":"the-sisters-one-of-this-summer-s-most-buzzed-about-novels-financial-times","title":"The Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Superb . . . one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A moving appraisal of family, language, and the spiritual developments that accrue over a life'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaven Leilani, author of Luster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'If you welcome this novel into your mind, it will warm and transform you'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTess Gunty, author of the Rabbit Hutch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[His] masterpiece . . . life overflows its pages'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMadeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian saleswoman, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIna meets her future husband when she's dragged to a New Year's party by her sisters, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn drifts through life before embarking on a wild career as an actress. And Anastasia runs off to Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years later, will transform her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the sisters from afar is Jonas, the son of a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father. Over the course of three decades, his life intersects with the sisters, from a chance encounter in Tunis to the scene of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn disappears on a trip to New York, Jonas manages to track her down - and helps her to break the curse that has been looming over the Mikkolas for decades. In the process, a shocking revelation changes everything about who they think they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrated in six parts, each spanning a period ranging from a year to a day to a single minute, The Sisters is a big, vivid family saga of the highest order - an addictively entertaining tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 656 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: Sceptre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: Oct 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781399753609\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonas Hassen Khemiri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254598438967,"sku":"9781399753609","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/files\/9781399753609.jpg?v=1780361102","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-sisters-one-of-this-summer-s-most-buzzed-about-novels-financial-times","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}