{"product_id":"the-sisters-9781250437952","title":"The Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's 24 Essential Reads of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the BBC's 10 Best Books of the Summer A \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e(London) Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One gawps . . . at its breadth and ambition. [\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e is] a transnational tour de force.\" --Alexandra Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of this summer's most buzzed-about novels.\" --Nilanjana Roy, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A classic story about sibling rivalry . . . One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Fredrik Backman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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\u003eAn addictively entertaining 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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250437952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Jonas Hassen Khemiri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452341612725,"sku":"9781250437952","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f875f70b-95c4-4703-a43f-b4c9655c999c.jpg?v=1776826840","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sisters-9781250437952","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}