In My Sister's Country

Rating:
Summary: Very disappointed.
Review: I read the good reviews for this novel, so gave it a try. The story seemed to start well, but then floundered some where half way through and then fell flat. The characters are one dimensional, unbelievable and unlikeable. I was left wanting more...about the characters, I mean. They just weren't tangible to me. The ending was weak. I'd skip this one.

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read
Review: This summer at a writer's conference, I heard Lise Haines read a savvy, somewhat zany and erotic scene from In My Sister's Country. I was so taken by Molly (the main character's)sensibility that when the reading ended, I was first in line at the book table. The rest of the book delivered the same payoff as the author's reading had promised.I spent the better part of the next two evenings inside of Molly's head as she tries to discover and come to terms with who she is. I was exhilarated and sad when I finished the novel. It's the kind of book you never want to end.

Rating:
Summary: HYPNOTIC
Review: What a thrilling new voice in fiction! I loved this rich yet
lean prose-- its crackling intensity, its wildly original
rhythms. Lise Haines has created a riviting read, a tense and
poetic novel of sisters run amock. At turns chilling, erotic and
tender, this story gripped me from its stunning start (the first
line is one of my all-time favorite novel openings) to its
strange and satisifying finale. Molly the narrator considers
a career in hypnosis; the real hypnotist here is Lise Haines.
She and her first novel rock!