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The Sisterhood Rules
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Expected 9 Apr 26The Sisterhood
1. Never let a man come between you
2. Share all your secrets
3. Live life to the fullest - girls just wanna have fun
For twin sisters Isabel and Verity, the sisterhood rules were shattered when Verity had an affair with Izzy's husband. Unforgivable, right? Devastated by her sister's betrayal, Izzy casts Verity into social Siberia.
But when their mother goes missing, Verity and Izzy are forced to come together again to find her. And then the estranged sisters' problems only get bigger. Their mother has a new younger lover and where there's a will… he'd clearly like to be in it.
Can they stop their mother making a dreadful mistake? And in doing so find a way to bury the pain of the past?
Full of laugh-out-loud humour and devastating pathos, Kathy Lette's brilliant new novel takes us on a roller-coaster ride which proves that from pain comes healing, from honesty comes forgiveness, and that nothing is more important than your sisters.
PRAISE FOR KATHY
'Deliciously rude and darkly funny' Nicole Kidman
'Unputdownable' Stephen Fry
'The thinking lady's hornbag' Kath and Kim
1. Never let a man come between you
2. Share all your secrets
3. Live life to the fullest - girls just wanna have fun
For twin sisters Isabel and Verity, the sisterhood rules were shattered when Verity had an affair with Izzy's husband. Unforgivable, right? Devastated by her sister's betrayal, Izzy casts Verity into social Siberia.
But when their mother goes missing, Verity and Izzy are forced to come together again to find her. And then the estranged sisters' problems only get bigger. Their mother has a new younger lover and where there's a will… he'd clearly like to be in it.
Can they stop their mother making a dreadful mistake? And in doing so find a way to bury the pain of the past?
Full of laugh-out-loud humour and devastating pathos, Kathy Lette's brilliant new novel takes us on a roller-coaster ride which proves that from pain comes healing, from honesty comes forgiveness, and that nothing is more important than your sisters.
PRAISE FOR KATHY
'Deliciously rude and darkly funny' Nicole Kidman
'Unputdownable' Stephen Fry
'The thinking lady's hornbag' Kath and Kim
- GenresContemporary
384 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication April 9, 2026
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About the author
Kathy Lette
63 books249 followersKathy Lette divides her time between being a full time writer,
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
really fun read. Made me smile from the first page. Family divided, 3 generations of a musical family. Divided by a male.
Twin sisters who love the same man, one who he married and had a daughter with, then leaving her for the twin sister.
A rift of 5 years is only put aside when their mum goes AWOL.
Full of twists and turns. Enjoy I did
Twin sisters who love the same man, one who he married and had a daughter with, then leaving her for the twin sister.
A rift of 5 years is only put aside when their mum goes AWOL.
Full of twists and turns. Enjoy I did
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I looked forward to reading this one, as I really like Kathy Lette books usually, but I found this one a bit too predictable. It is full of the usual puns, waspish observations and humorous one liners which are synonymous with the author but the story itself was obvious throughout. Two estranged sisters coming together to find their missing mother who they find in a yoga retreat where she has fallen for her much younger yoga instructor and they must join forces to try to stop him trying to romance their mother and get his hands on her money. The estrangement is because one twin has stolen the husband of the other and that continues to cause resentment throughout. Fiachra is an adult pupil and he is the most interesting character in the book. The humour still works but plot is too safe for me.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
The Sisterhood Rules by Kathy Lette is a very fun quick read.
Two estranged sisters, Izzy and Verity, were torn apart when Izzy’s husband Johnny moved on and in with Verity. Now their mother has gone missing and they are forced together to find her. I felt it was a bit predictable and expected the resolutions that were made.
As with Lette’s books, there are puns galore and it moves along at a rapid quick fire pace. There are lots of laugh out loud moments.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, Aria & Aries, for making this e-ARC available to me in exchange a fair and honest review.
Two estranged sisters, Izzy and Verity, were torn apart when Izzy’s husband Johnny moved on and in with Verity. Now their mother has gone missing and they are forced together to find her. I felt it was a bit predictable and expected the resolutions that were made.
As with Lette’s books, there are puns galore and it moves along at a rapid quick fire pace. There are lots of laugh out loud moments.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, Aria & Aries, for making this e-ARC available to me in exchange a fair and honest review.
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February 14, 2026Looking forward to being in conversation with Kathy Lette on 22 Feb in Perth!
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