The humour in this book is lovely, the relationship and solidarity between the sisters was really nice.

However, I was asking myself during reading this book:
1. If you and your family were ostracised or bullied by local people, why would you stay there? Why as parents would you put up with people treating your children so badly?
2. Why would you disappear on holiday for months and ask your children to renovate your house to rent it out, knowing that they were likely to be uncomfortable or made to feel so by the locals?
3. How many people have jobs where you can take nearly 3 months leave at a time?

Maybe I am thinking too logically and I should have disengaged slightly from real life when reading this, as I have noted there are lots of positive reviews.

Not a book I can recommend I'm afraid.

Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I usually read heavy going hard hitting crime books so, every so often, as a kind of palate cleanser, I do like to switch things up a bit and read something lighter, I say lighter, I do need some kind of substance, and as I enjoyed this author's previous book "You Had Me at Merlot" I figured that this book would tick that box for me; and it did!
We follow three sisters who, at the request of their mother Willow, take time out from their own, successful, lives to return to their childhood home in Maplewood, Devon, to renovate it for rental as Willow has been bitten by the travel bug. They are all a bit wary as they all have things from their past that, although they enjoy success in the present, troubled them at the time. They fear going back in case the old feelings come back, the wounds open up again. As they reconnect with faces from their pasts, good and bad. But they are good daughters and so, Noelle, Emmy and Rae duly take sabbaticals from their jobs and travel back home.
Rae is an opera singer with a successful relationship, Noelle is an environmental lawyer and Emmy is a robotic engineer. All very different women and all with differing pasts in their childhoods. All still very close though and, as the book goes on, this combined strength is what they need to survive revisiting their respective pasts. Pasts that are best discovered as the author intends so I shall say no more here.
Although I am a bit older that the three sisters, I did enjoy some of the blasts from the past that this book gave me. I'm more of an 80s chick than the 90s but that decade didn't pass me by completely and I did like the personal trip down memory lane that the book gave me. It also brought back other memories that I am probably not as happy to have revisit as I also felt awkward as a child, not really fitting in, with parents that, although not as unique as the girls' here, were in their own way a bit different.
The setting, the house in the woods was wonderfully described and one of the fictional places that I wish were real. Especially as they were renovating it for rental, I would love to go live there for a while myself! But sadly, that's not to be. The villagers were also a bit over familiar to me, having lived in a Dorset village myself I could again see quite a bit of my past in the book. Positive and negative emotions aside for a minute, this connection I made with the place made for a better connection to the story being told and that made for a great read. It helped that the story was also really well crafted and executed.
The sisters were also really easy to connect to / emote with and I found myself laughing with them, crying with them and I think I also, at times, took strength from them. Yes ok, the book was maybe a little on the feel-good side of things for me - no spoiler there, it's in the description of the book - but the way things went felt natural not contrived, even if a little too sweet for my taste occasionally. But, that's the genre for you, so I can't complain!
All in all another winner from the author. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Absolutely loved this book. Following 3 sisters as they come to term with how they feel about the town and people they grew up with and how it’s shaped the people the have become. Very funny and moving.

This is a fun and light hearted tale from the talented Lisa Dickenson who has a flair for writing good humour.

This her latest, tells of three sisters Emmy, Rae and Noelle, who return to their childhood family home not only to be reunited with each other but also to renovate the house as their mother Willow has the travel bug since she became a widow. It’s with mixed emotions that they each leave their usual comfortable lives behind for almost three months to return to Maplewood forcing them to face the past. Their hope is to mend bridges and friendships by eradicating their reputations but not all the townsfolk are in a forgive and forgetting mood.

A lovely flowing read with laughter and tears.

Many thanks to Net Galley for the ARC. This is my own opinion of My Sisters and Me.

This is the story of three sisters who are asked to return to their childhood home, I absolutely love
Lisa Dickenson books and this one is no different. It gave me such a cosy feeling while reading.
A fab read.

The Lake sisters, Rea, Emmy, and Noelle are asked by their mum, Willow, to return to their hometown of Maplewood to help renovate their old childhood house. The sisters escaped Maplewood as soon as they were able to and only returned on the odd occasion. Because of their parents’ unconventional lifestyle, the sisters have always had an uneasy relationship with the residents of the town.

The sisters are now successful professionals and are hopeful that after time away from Maplewood the residents have changed and things will be better. When the sisters arrive in town they discover that nothing has changed at all. Much to their dismay, they are still the subject of nasty gossip.

A good book featuring strong women who have to stand together and try to put the past behind them. This is a story of family relationships, friendships, and lost love. An entertaining read. I haven’t read a Lisa Dickenson novel before; but after reading My Sisters and Me I look forward to enjoying some of her other works.

Really enjoyable read.
Three sisters return to their childhood home to give it a makeover. It is the first time they have spent any length of time their since leaving home. As well as doing the work they bond as sisters, but also face the issues which drove them away from the town in the first place.
4 stars from me as I felt the book ended a bit too soon - but maybe/hopefully there will be a sequel?

Lovely feel good book about the 3 sisters. I enjoyed the concept and characters of the book. It was well written and easy to enjoy

I felt such a connection with this book, despite not having any sisters myself, this is a book about revisiting your childhood with fresh perspective (and confidence) and seeing that some things never change.

From a GREAT opening prologue, you immediately get a feel for the different personalities of the sisters and also that something insane is about to happen to them. And they are different: Rae is married, with a successful singing career and full of determination and sass; Emmy is a robotics engineer, happily single and practical; and Noelle, who is an upbeat, free-spirited environment lawyer. Reconnecting back in the village of Maplewood in their childhood home, they have several months to renovate the house and along with that they must confront ghosts of the past.

Lisa's writing is addictive; I've been a big fan ever since You Had Me At Merlot, and this book continues her success at making you feel emphatically, and laugh heartily. Anyone who knows Lisa knows she is a huge champion of strong women (check out her Strong Women Squad movement) and her characters always reflect the empowered camaraderie of the sisterhood, in all their variegated, imperfect forms.

There is such an air of nostalgia in this story, especially for women like me that grew up in the 90's, from 5ive, Babysitters' Club books, Dream Phone, Buffy & Spice Girls. It takes you back to simpler times, but equally to the complex minefield of peer pressure, bullying and feeling a misfit in adolescence. This I really identified with, having returned to my own childhood village in recent years and experiencing how it feels to be reminded of your past and trying to balance that with the person you are now today. It can truly be a mixture of happy memories, addressing misconceptions, a reminder of trauma, and a sadness at times lost.

I loved the idyllic setting of the Lake sisters' woodland home, it sounded like my ideal spot, secluded, surrounded by nature and trees, far away from the curiosity of the village and a house brimming with love and safety within its boundaries.

Thank you so much to Clara Diaz at Little Brown Book Group for sending me an advanced copy of this title to review in my own words and opinions.

I have read other books by Lisa Dickenson and really enjoyed them, so I was excited about the opportunity to read My Sisters and Me. While I felt that this book had great potential, it didn't live up to the fast-pace hilarity that her other books are known for. I enjoyed reading about the sisters and the different ways they dealt with their past; however, parts of the books (especially some of the details about the house) seemed to drag on forever. Fans of Dickenson will still be able to pick out her humor, but this isn't the book I would start with if you are just getting to know this author.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

A lovely tale of three sisters who return to their childhood home.
A fable showing that you can face your fears, challenge others' misconceptions and hold your head up high!

I loved Lisa Dickenson's previous book, You Had Me At Merlot, and this book doesn't disappoint. Not quite as hilariously funny but did bring a wry smile to my face on several occasions.

4* A well-thought-out story, with warm realistic characters