You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives

I love her to death. I cant imagine life without her, a woman says about her sister. Another remarks, I dont want anyone to kill my sister because I want to have that privilege myself. With these two comments, begins this eye-opening and entertaining new book.New York Timesbestselling author Deborah Tannen is renowned for illuminating the way we communicateand revolutionizing relationships in the process. What she did for women and men in You Just Dont Understand, and mothers and daughters in Youre Wearing THAT?, she now does for sisters in a groundbreaking book that explores one of the most powerful and perplexing relationships in our lives.Conversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug between two dynamicsan impulse towards closeness and an impulse towards competition, as sisters are continually compared to each other.