TUESDAY EXCERPTS: “THE SWEENEY SISTERS”

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Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events: First Chapter/Intros, now hosted by  Socrates Book Reviews; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.

Today’s feature is another new download:  The Sweeney Sisters, by Lian Dolan.

 

 

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Intro: ” Does this come in teal?”

Liza looked up from her computer and tried not to make any noise that would indicate her disdain.  In the decade since she’d opened the Sweeney Jones Gallery, she’d heard them all before—Does this come in teal?  Do you have this one in a larger size?  Can you find me something that goes with chocolate brown?—questions that indicated the customer had a limited knowledge of art, but quite possibly an unlimited budget for it.

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Teaser:  Maybe it was for the best.  Maggie knew this wasn’t an ideal time for a new relationship, but that was usually when she plunged in anyway. (50%).

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Synopsis:  Maggie, Eliza, and Tricia Sweeney grew up as a happy threesome in the idyllic seaside town of Southport, Connecticut. But their mother’s death from cancer fifteen years ago tarnished their golden-hued memories, and the sisters drifted apart. Their one touchstone is their father, Bill Sweeney, an internationally famous literary lion and college professor universally adored by critics, publishers, and book lovers. When Bill dies unexpectedly one cool June night, his shell-shocked daughters return to their childhood home. They aren’t quite sure what the future holds without their larger-than-life father, but they do know how to throw an Irish wake to honor a man of his stature.

But as guests pay their respects and reminisce, one stranger, emboldened by whiskey, has crashed the party. It turns out that she too is a Sweeney sister.

When Washington, DC based journalist Serena Tucker had her DNA tested on a whim a few weeks earlier, she learned she had a 50% genetic match with a childhood neighbor—Maggie Sweeney of Southport, Connecticut. It seems Serena’s chilly WASP mother, Birdie, had a history with Bill Sweeney—one that has remained totally secret until now.

Once the shock wears off, questions abound. What does this mean for William’s literary legacy? Where is the unfinished memoir he’s stashed away, and what will it reveal? And how will a fourth Sweeney sister—a blond among redheads—fit into their story?

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What do you think?  Would you keep reading?

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22 thoughts on “TUESDAY EXCERPTS: “THE SWEENEY SISTERS””

  1. Diane

    I’m curious about this one – it’s funny, I never cared for sister stories probably because I never had one and always wished I did LOL – The death of both parents in this story and their reunion sounds like a good story line.

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    2. I have a sister thirteen years younger than I, Diane, but she has never felt like a sister. More like a daughter. LOL.

      I do enjoy these kinds of stories, though; have fun with your pick today.

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  2. This is definitely one for my own list, the premise is really intriguing and I need to know how adding a fourth sister into the equation is going to work out (or not!). I reckon that sparks are going to fly when they all get together! The fact that the father is a literary lion, only makes the whole thing more interesting.

    Thanks for sharing and I hope that you are staying safe and well 🙂

    Yvonne
    xx

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  7. It’s funny about the comments above, (or below if it shows up there lol) I like sister stories, but never having any either, I do wonder what it would be like and if those stories would be different with brothers, of which had two! This book sounds very interesting and yes, i’d read on.

    Here’s my Tuesday post! Though it feels like Friday for some odd reason lol

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