My Sister's Keeper

by Mary H. Collins

This story shares the bond between sister's. When Cathy's husband dies in a tragic plane crash her younger sister Cassie, leaves her glamorous career in New York to be there for her and her children. Having experienced the loss of their own father at a very young age she understands what her sister's children are going through. Cathy doesn't know how she will survive after her husbands death, he is the only man she has ever loved, but after four years she finally realizes that Daniel isn't coming back and she is going to have to take control and raise her children without a father. She decides it's time to take her daughters on a family vacation to Disney World. She has the shock of her life when she walks out of the restroom and comes face to face with Daniel, her husband, the man she thought was dead, he's with another woman and two young boys.

202 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Jo Notary]

202p When Cathy loses her husband in a tragic plane crash, her younger sister Cassie doesn't think twice about leaving her glamorous job in New York City to be there for her sister and her three young daughters. Having lost their own father at an early age, Cassie knows what her nieces are going through.
After four years Cathy finally realizes she is going to have to pull herself out of her depression, not only for her children's sake, but for her own sanity; she has to face the fact that her husband is gone and she will have to raise her daughters without a father. Imagine the shock she experiences when while on a family vacation to Disney World, she walks out of the restroom to run face to face into Daniel, the man she thought was dead and finds out that he's been living with another woman and has two sons by her. Will Cathy forgive the heartbreak he has caused her and her family and take him back? Will Daniel go back to Cathy and his 3 daughters or will he stay with his new family?

[Angel **Book Junkie** · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think that giving this book deserves reasoning because while I think that the stor"ies" were great I think that they lacked so much. This book was just not written well, there was truly No emotion from the characters and it made it hard to get into the stories. When and if I did they were immediately over and something else was going on. I just felt like that there were so many thoughts smushed into a book if that makes sense to anyone else but me. I think that so many things were left undone (while they were really finished). I think that had the book been written a little different and the stories were fully told with emotion then this could have been a five star read. I think Mary Collins did a great job planning a story it was just the execution that failed in my eyes.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book, while it had an interesting premise, was horribly written. I didn't feel like it was edited AT ALL. Grammar errors everywhere, one character's name was spelled differently in the second half of the book. It also left me wondering if Ms. Collins has ever seen a map of the US. It was very distracting from the overall story arc.

It also felt like too much happened, but none of it was really delved into. Most of the plot points could have been their own short story, if they'd been fleshed out properly.

[sherry flanders · Rating 1 out of 5]

Predictable and boring.

I am sorry I wasted time on this book. If I wanted something this stupid, I would watch a soap opera.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could not put this book down. I read it in a day. It was that good!! The reason behind the husband not returning is not what I thought would happen. I was thinking other things. I am not going to say what just for those who have not read this book.