This is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler, two sisters who grew up in the suffocating gentility of 1950s South Africa. When Maxine is just shy of her fortieth birthday her husband, a brilliant and respected surgeon, drives their car off the road and kills her.
Devastated, Sheila returns to the country of her birth, haunted by questions. How had she failed to protect her sister? Was Maxine's death a matter of chance, or destiny? What lies in the soil of their troubled motherland that condemns its women to such violence?
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Once We Were Sisters is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler. Growing up in the suffocating gentility of 1950s South Africa, the girls plan grand lives for themselves that will bring them out of the long shadow cast by their father's death and their overbearing mother's bullying.Maxine is just shy of her fortieth birthday when her husband, a brilliant and respected surgeon, drives their car off the road and kills her. Devastated, Sheila returns to South Africa, determined to find answers to her sister's sudden death at the hands of her husband.More haunting, however, are the questions. How had she failed to protect her sister? Was Maxine's murder a matter of accident, or destiny? What lies in the soil of their troubled motherland that condemns its women to such violence?Powerful, moving and tragic, Once We Were Sisters is an act of love, an extraordinary account of an unspeakable loss. A powerful and heartbreaking portrait of the bond between two sisters, in life and beyond death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781786890009
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781786890009
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781786890009
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A powerful and heartbreaking memoir of a childhood in South Africa, and a story of a bond between two sisters, in life and beyond death. Seller Inventory # B9781786890009
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781786890009-GDR
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1786890003
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781786890009_new
Book Description Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.63 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1786890003
Book Description Condition: New. 2017. Main. Paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781786890009
Book Description Condition: New. 2017. Main. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781786890009