Set in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Packed with Southern charm and memorable characters Her Sister’s Shoes is the story of three sisters—Samantha, Jackie, and Faith—who struggle to balance the demands of career and family while remaining true to themselves.Samantha Sweeney has always been the glue that holds her family together, their go-to girl for love and support. When an ATV accident leaves … ATV accident leaves her teenage son in a wheelchair, she loses her carefully constructed self-control.
In the after-gloom of her dreaded fiftieth birthday and the discovery of her husband’s infidelity, Jackie realizes she must reconnect with her former self to find the happiness she needs to move forward.
Faith lacks the courage to stand up to her abusive husband. She turns to her sisters for help, placing all their lives at risk.
In the midst of their individual challenges, the Sweeney sisters must cope with their mother’s mental decline. Is Lovie in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, or is her odd behavior normal for a woman her age? No one, including Lovie, understands her obsession with a rusty key she wears around her neck.
For fans of Dorothea Benton Frank, Her Sisters Shoes is a contemporary womens novel that explores and proves the healing power of family.
This is a new release of an edition originally published by Leisure Time Books.
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Ashley Farley pens wonderful books about real-life issues many families confront. Her characters are unforgettable.
Very nice read; perfect length story of family, survival, & love. A must for the beach bag or lazy long weekend.
I LOVED this book! It was hard for me to put down because I wanted to know what happened next with any of the sisters or their mother. The sisters had a lot to deal with in their lives from abuse to a mid-life crisis to alcoholism to dementia. I thought that each sister found her strength in different ways and sometimes it took intervention from the rest of the family to make sure they didn’t totally fall apart. Plus there was their mother, Lovie, who is showing the early signs of dementia/Alzheimers and is obsessed with a rusty key. She knows it goes to something important but can’t remember what. Watching how the sisters dealt with this reminded me of my father and his battle with dementia.
There is a little bit of suspense in this book, mostly dealing with Faith’s abuse issues from her husband and not knowing if he is going to go completely off the rails and harm anyone. And of course the mystery of what the key unlocks for Lovie. There is some romance, especially for Samantha, who has not really been involved with anyone since her son’s father left them when he found out she was pregnant some 15+ years ago.
Jackie may be the oldest sister but I thought that she was a bit spoiled. That is probably because while the family grew up somewhat poor or middle class, she wanted to be rich and respected because of money and not who she really was deep down. Jackie learns a lot about herself and what she is capable of at a turning point in her life, turning 50.
And of course you have the small town feel which brings along the small town “politics” and those that they think own the town and can do whatever they want to anyone they want. The sisters deal with this in their own way and survive the small mindedness of some townspeople.
I highly recommend this book
her sister’s shoes by author Ashley Farley reminded me of so much of my sisters and myself. I had read this book earlier before I started posting reviews on BookBub. It is about family, love, heartaches, and the events we sometimes face in life. This is a WONDERFUL series!
Good reading..held my interest..
Her Sister’s Shoes was an interesting tale about three adult sisters and their families. Each of the women, Jackie, Sam, and Faith, has problems that escalate during the course of this book. But perhaps it is only by stepping into each other’s shoes that they can truly understand what each other is going through.
There was a lot of depth in this book. The sister’s problem’s include divorce, depression, abuse, and dementia in themselves and their family members. I admire the way the author used the problems to help the characters grow and to begin healing the wounds in the characters lives. Although the amount of problems made the book hard to read sometimes, the end made everything worth it for the characters and for me.
The setting was a small town on the east coast and often featured the family business, a seafood market. The way the overall setting was described made it sound beautiful and fit the descriptions I have heard about that area. The story and the setting blended perfectly in many ways.
Her Sister’s Shoes was well thought-out and well-written. I would rather the author have left the curse words out, but otherwise, the novel was very good.
Although Her Sister’s Shoes was not a book I generally would have chosen to read, I enjoyed it and found it interesting and well-written.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Excellent read!!
I wish I could give this story a rating of 1000 stars but that rating only exists in my heart but that is how I feel after reading it!
We find ourselves reading about the Sweeney sisters Jackie, Samantha (Sam) and Faith…the story catches your interest from the very first page before I knew it I was just over half way through the book within hours of adding it to my tablet..
The story concentrates on the 3 sisters and their families…we find ourselves reading about each family and their various problems…
Jackie is facing separation from her husband while her twins are at camp…
Sam is struggling with her son who was in a terrible accident which he blames himself for…he should be walking but refuses to get help
Faith is in an abusive relationship all the while trying to keep her daughter safe…
All of them are worried about their elderly mother who seems to be forgetting a lot and worried about a rusted key and what it should open…
Highly recommend…excellent story about family togetherness…
This book is about three sisters, who were once close, but now each faces a challenge in her life. Their mother is developing Alzheimer’s; one sister is going through a divorce; one sister has a son in a wheelchair who has given up on life; and the third sister is a victim of domestic abuse. Truly heartwarming!
I enjoyed the whole series of Sister’s
Favorite Quotes:
She looks like a starving homeless woman digging through a dumpster for a leftover donut.
He was a great big man, large in size and spirit.”
The image of her mother chasing after Curtis with a frying pan brought a smile to her face, even though she knew Lovie was crazy enough to try it.
My Review:
Her Sister’s Shoes was a delightful surprise to me, it was more serious and drama-filled than I had expected, but I adored every turn and moody twist to the story. Written from three different POVs of challenged and vastly different sisters, the narrative was easy to follow and far more interesting and entertaining than a first-person perspective ever could have been. I enjoyed living in each of their heads in turn, and although I initially had a difficult time appreciating the eldest sister as she was a petty, angry, shallow, vile, snide, and selfish harpy (come now – we all have at least one in our families) – I found I also savored being in her head as well and reveled in her brief glints of insight that seemed to prick her conscience and cause her discomfort. The plot was interesting and involving, and the writing had a good flow with likable characters and realistic issues. Ms. Farley is one to watch.