Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283)
Contents:
from Daybreak / Joan Baez I. DON'T TELL MOTHER. Don't tell Mother / Wendy Wasserstein Parable of the cake / Marilyn Chin The headless horseman / Margaret Atwood Shlug da kleine / Tsipi Keller Sweet dreams / Joyce Armor Docks / Jeanne M. Leiby The House slave / Rita Dove Reprieve / Claire Bateman from Memoirs of a dutiful daughter / Simone de Beauvoir Idella's dress / Beverly Jensen from The Liars' club / Mary Karr II. SISTER--SISTER. The Eve of the spirit festival / Lan Samantha Chang from Caroline's wedding / Edwidge Danticat Yellow dresses / C. D. Wright Sadie and Maud / Gwendolyn Brooks Twin bed / Ana Maria Jomolca Everyday use / Alice Walker Hannah / Catherine Chung Sister--sister / Marie Luise Kaschnitz Red scarf / Jane Hirshfield from I see you everywhere / Julia Glass A Lesson in manners / Misty Urban The Seal woman / Cynthia Hogue Without gloves / Martha Rhodes from Girl meets boy / Ali Smith sisters / Lucille Clifton from Hanging up / Delia Ephron III. HAVING OUR SAY. Not enough / M. F. K. Fisher Letter to Helen Rothschild Droste / Dorothy Parker Borderline / Robin Becker Letter to a sister who lives in a distant country / Daisy Zamora from The Poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver A quarreling pair / Jane Bowles Recollections of a 79-year-old sister / Clare Cross A Family resemblance / Audre Lorde Close to the end / Barbara L. Greenberg Basque guide / Myra Shapiro Pagans / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The Last good war / Maxine Kumin I needed to talk to my sister / Grace Paley from Having our say: the Delany Sisters' first 100 years / Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany Two years / Muriel Rukeyser
