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With more than 1 million copies sold, Sisters changed the face of photo-essay books and spoke volumes to every person blessed with the companionship of a female sibling. This updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller is a moving portrayal of the profound relationship between sisters, featuring a new format plus new photography and updated stories that follow up on 13 of the most poignant tales about the original 36 sets of featured siblings. The women in Sisters include both the famous--Christy Turlington, Dixie Carter, Coretta Scott King, Wendy Wasserstein--and the lesser known but still unforgettable. "Wohlmuth's striking photography will seduce you immediately," wrote Entertainment Weekly. "As for Saline, she has used the subject matter as a brilliant device."
In thirty-four essays with photographs, best friends describe how they met and the qualities that make their relationships strong.
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Fifty photographers chronicle moments in the lives of a wide diversity of American women--their daily lives, challenges, and roles in society--in a compilation accompanied by essay-length personal profiles, narrative captions, and quotations.
Based on Sisters, the highly acclaimed photo-essay book which spent 63 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than 1 million copies, this journal is a rich, evocative celebration of an unbreakable bond. It's also an exceptional place to record memories and insights, for oneself or as a gift. The deluxe, hardbound journal features a handsome cloth cover with gold foil stamping, and the pages are high-quality parchment with Wohlmuth's moving photographs and Saline's selected quotations on the meaning of having a sister.
Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter (Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, 2021). Edited by Marcia Stewart and Teri Rizvi. Designed and illustrated by Drue Wagner. Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter explores the humorous, nobody-else-could-ever-understand, magical, cherished world of sister relationships. It features 21 hilarious (and true) stories by the winners of Nickie's Prize for Humor Writing from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Plus dozens of funny contributions-from New York Times bestselling authors and Saturday Night Live legends to comedians, podcasters, and other creatives. Bestselling author Amy Ephron calls Sisters! "an amazing celebration of the inimitable closeness of sisters." Lian Dolan, creator of the Satellite Sisters podcast, says "this smart and funny collection captures the essence of sisterhood perfectly: that your sister can be your best friend and your worst enemy on the same day, maybe even in the same hour." Sisters! is the perfect gift for yourself, your sister, and friends in your life who are just like sisters. Proceeds benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Endowment Fund, used to keep the workshop affordable for writers.
This essential companion to Volume I traces the entirety of women's lives. What does it mean to be a woman? What viewpoints, perceptions, and insights are unique to women? Contributors from a wide range of back grounds offer their understanding of life through the eyes of women, looking at diverse and topical issues such as competition among women, children in battered women's shelters, HIV, grandmothering, therapy, and self-discovery. An indispensable resource for women and men seeking a greater understanding of human experience.
From the creators of "Sisters", a "New York Times" bestseller for 63 weeks, comes a heartwarming new collaboration by writer Carol Saline and photographer Sharon Wohlmuth which celebrates the richness and diversity of the mother-daughter relationship. 45 duotone photos.
With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, real-life anesthesiologist Carol Cassella’s riveting national bestseller seamlessly melds compelling women’s fiction and medical drama to create an “involving debut that’s just what the doctor ordered” (People). Dr. Marie Heaton is an anesthesiologist at the height of her profession. She has worked, lived, and breathed her career since medical school, and she now practices at a top Seattle hospital. Marie has carefully constructed and constricted her life according to empirical truths, to the science and art of medicine. But when her tried-and-true formula suddenly deserts her during a routine surgery, she...