![]() ![]() ![]() Their mother is certain that a handsome and extremely wealthy man will one day take notice of Millie and sweep her away from her family’s humble home. She’s intelligent and practical, but her younger sister Millie’s beauty seems to garner her much more parental praise, and while the sisters are growing up in Brooklyn, Ruth constantly hears how Millie is destined for greatness. Ruth is the oldest, and her parents don’t seem to pay her much attention at all. I don’t have a sister, so perhaps I’ve romanticized the whole sisterly experience in my mind, but we’re all entitled to our fantasies, right? I also really enjoy reading about the close but messy relationships shared between sisters. ![]() As you’ll know if you’ve followed my reviews for any length of time, I absolutely adore books that take place during the Second World War. Lynda Cohen Loigman’s The Wartime Sisters checked a couple of my book-catnip boxes. ![]()
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