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The Sweeney Sisters audiobook
- By: Lian Dolan
- Narrator: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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The Sweeney Sisters Audiobook Summary
An accomplished storyteller returns with her biggest, boldest, most entertaining novel yet–a hilarious, heartfelt story about books, love, sisterhood, and the surprises we discover in our DNA that combines the wit of Jonathan Tropper with the heart of Susan Wiggs.
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?
By turns revealing, insightful, and uproarious, The Sweeney Sisters is equal parts cautionary tale and celebration–a festive and heartfelt look at what truly makes a family.
This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Lian Dolan about The Sweeney Sisters.
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The Sweeney Sisters Audiobook Narrator
Brittany Pressley is the narrator of The Sweeney Sisters audiobook that was written by Lian Dolan
Lian Dolan is a writer and broadcaster, whose name is pronounced like “Liam” but with an “n.” She is the creator and host of “Satellite Sisters”, the award-winning and top-rated radio talk show she produces with her four real sisters: Julie, Liz, Sheila, and Monica. She also created the popular podcast about modern motherhood, “The Chaos Chronicles”, developed by Nick at Nite for TV. Lian is the author of two Los Angeles Times best-selling novels, Helen of Pasadena and Elizabeth the First Wife, and a regular columnist for Pasadena Magazine. A graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, she now lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and two sons >
About the Author(s) of The Sweeney Sisters
Lian Dolan is the author of The Sweeney Sisters
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The Sweeney Sisters Full Details
| Narrator | Brittany Pressley |
| Length | 10 hours 38 minutes |
| Author | Lian Dolan |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | April 28, 2020 |
| ISBN | 9780062989079 |
Additional info
The publisher of the The Sweeney Sisters is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062989079.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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