{"product_id":"the-sisters-9780374618896","title":"The Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e] generates every kind of heat . . . If you welcome this novel into your mind, it will warm and transform you.\" --Tess Gunty, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbit Hutch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the very rare combination of a deep intellectual and a true storyteller, as smart as he is entertaining.\" --Fredrik Backman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnxious People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Astonishing . . . Every character--every sentence--is startlingly, indubitably alive.\" --Katie Kitamura, author of \u003ci\u003eAudition \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Captivating and so full of life--one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over.\" --Isabella Hammad, author of \u003ci\u003eEnter Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn addictively entertaining, internationally bestselling family saga by a National Book Award finalist. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIna meets her future husband when she's dragged to a New Year's rave 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated in six parts, each spanning a period ranging from a year to a day to a single minute, Jonas Hassen Khemiri's \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eis a big, vivid family saga of the highest order--an addictively entertaining tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374618896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jonas Hassen Khemiri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316495474869,"sku":"9780374618896","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7e01e731-6f0a-4e05-925e-32aa27f38339.jpg?v=1745331523","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sisters-9780374618896","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}