Kitty and Her Sisters

Kitty and her sisters is a heartwarming and soapy epic about Kitty McCarthy and her relationships with her family members. Kitty is the strong opinionated, rather independant sister, Norah is the shy quiet one, Claire is the kindly sister, and Aileen is the perfectionist. Kitty is not keen on marriage, and this surprises and confuses her more conventional friends and family. I found this audio novel rather tough to get into at first. It opens while the sisters are children and at a party and it is difficult to tell the characters apart. Nothing really exciting happens to suck you in, but after a while you begin to enjoy hearing about Kitty and her interaction with her siblings. Kitty is a charmingly flawed person whose heart is in the right place despite her stubborn qualities. The setting, like most of her novels, is Liverpool England. The author infuses the right blend of realism with charm and sensitivity to make this an endearing and addictive family drama.