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The Two Sisters
The sudden marriage of a seventeen-year-old girl in defiance of her father's wishes causes major conflict in a Scottish family.
- GenresScotland
156 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1968
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Honor Arundel
24 books14 followersHonor Arundel was a novelist for children and young adults, critic, playwright, poet, editor, and journalist.
Arundel's novels for young people have earned her a reputation as an author sensitive to the conflict between responsibility to oneself and responsibility to others that many adolescent girls find difficult to resolve. She began writing novels for teenagers when her daughter complained about the lack of stories about "ordinary children … with real problems" with whom they could identify. Many critics and readers have appreciated Arundel's honesty in describing predicaments that have no easy resolution in life, but she has been criticized for portraying young women who are so closely tied to their families that they lack realistic aspirations outside of family life as well as the confidence necessary to achieve them.
The strong sense of place in Arundel's books, most of which are set in Edinburgh or in the south country of Scotland, testifies to her knowledge and love of the two places she called home.
Her last book, The Blanket Word, which tells of a teenaged daughter's response to her mother's fatal illness, was written while she herself was dying of cancer.
Arundel's novels for young people have earned her a reputation as an author sensitive to the conflict between responsibility to oneself and responsibility to others that many adolescent girls find difficult to resolve. She began writing novels for teenagers when her daughter complained about the lack of stories about "ordinary children … with real problems" with whom they could identify. Many critics and readers have appreciated Arundel's honesty in describing predicaments that have no easy resolution in life, but she has been criticized for portraying young women who are so closely tied to their families that they lack realistic aspirations outside of family life as well as the confidence necessary to achieve them.
The strong sense of place in Arundel's books, most of which are set in Edinburgh or in the south country of Scotland, testifies to her knowledge and love of the two places she called home.
Her last book, The Blanket Word, which tells of a teenaged daughter's response to her mother's fatal illness, was written while she herself was dying of cancer.
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October 28, 2011
My very first "read for pleasure" book at 13 years of age... 5 stars not for content.... but for introducing me to the joys of reading.
November 22, 2015
This was only so-so. The family didn't hold my interest and Maura's pending marriage did nothing for me. I usually like vintage books about young people getting married, but everything fell flat in The Two Sisters.
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