Letters from My Sister

By Valerie Fraser Luesse,

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Book description

Two Sisters. One Single Event. A Family Changed Forever.

At the turn of the twentieth century, sisters Emmy and Callie Bullock are living a privileged life as the only daughters of a wealthy Alabama cotton farmer when their well-ordered household gets turned upside down by the arrival of Lily McGee.…

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1 author picked Letters from My Sister as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I got so caught up in Letters From My Sister because the characters drew me in. Once I started it, I could not put it down.

Forget the housework, cooking—everything had to wait until I finished it. By the time I read “the end” I felt like I’d lived in Alabama in the early 1900s, and I found Luesse’s portrayal of the family refreshing. And the mystery kept me turning pages to find out what had happened.

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