Books About Sisters on the Point with Mindy Todd

This morning on The Point with Mindy Todd we had a new experience … we all were talking from home, not in the studio! Joining Mindy and Jill this month was Kellie Porter of the Woods Hole Public Library. Due to coronavirus we could not all be in the studio, so we were all at home, but thanks to the intrepid duo of Dan Tritle and Kathryn Eident, we were all able to hear each other even if we couldn’t see each other.

The theme this month was books about sisters, and as always we didn’t have time for everything we had on our tables. You can see some bonus titles below, as well as all of the suggestions made by listeners. If you have a suggestion, please let us know. If you missed the show you can listen to it anytime online.

Kellie’s Picks

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Sister Pie: The Recipes & Stories of a Big-hearted Bakery in Detroit by Lisa Ludwinski
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
The Sister Knot : why we fight, why we’re jealous, and why we’ll love each other no matter what by Terri Apter

Jill‘s Picks

Little Women: An Annotated Edition edited by Daniel Shealy

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado and Jane Smiley

All-Of-A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters by Marilynn Brass & Sheila Brass

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Not Enough Time For:

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley