Sister Mother Husband Dog, Etc. (Hardcover) by Delia Ephron

from Y2Ash

Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc is my first outing into reading Delia Ephron's non fiction. I was a fan of her last book, The Lion is In. Sister... is series of short essays. In "Losing Nora," Ephron discusses the events leading to her older sister's death and how she wanted to keep her illness se...

from Y2Ash

Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc is my first outing into reading Delia Ephron's non fiction. I was a fan of her last book, The Lion is In. Sister... is series of short essays. In "Losing Nora," Ephron discusses the events leading to her older sister's death and how she wanted to keep her illness se...

from raizel

Interesting essays written in an interesting style. Some of it is funny. What I remember most is that when her older sister, Nora, was dying in the hospital, she sent Delia flowers. Delia suggests that one reason was that this gave Nora a sense of control---she was doing something---at a time whe...

from Gingermama

I particularly enjoyed her essays about her sister and parents. Ephron perfectly captures the love and frustration, the pleasures and guilt that go along with childhood memories, particularly for sisters.

from Y2Ash

Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc is my first outing into reading Delia Ephron's non fiction. I was a fan of her last book, The Lion is In. Sister... is series of short essays. In "Losing Nora," Ephron discusses the events leading to her older sister's death and how she wanted to keep her illness se...