Family Drama

When sisters Mara and Nell watched their parents’ marriage fall apart, they made a pact: no husbands, no babies, and no repeating their family’s mistakes. For years, their bond was the one thing they could count on. But when Mara unexpectedly falls in love and becomes a mother, the sisters find themselves on opposite sides of a life-changing divide. While Mara struggles with the overwhelming contradictions of motherhood, Nell throws herself into a relationship that threatens the independence she has fought to protect. Meanwhile, their absent mother and their aunt Jean hold the key to family secrets that refuse to stay buried. An intimate, sharply observed novel about sisterhood, motherhood, and the complicated inheritance of family, Mothersick asks whether love can survive when the lives we choose lead us in different directions.