Sister Mine
Nalo Hopkinson
ePubLibre
<p>As the only one in the family without magic, Makeda has decided to move out on her own and make a life for herself among the claypicken humans. But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own power--and reconcile with her twin sister, Abby-if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .<br></p><p><em>We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have been able to push the two-headed sport that was me and Abby out the usual way. Abby and I were fused, you see. Conjoined twins. Abby's head, torso and left arm protruded from my chest. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't. Far as the Family was concerned, Abby was one of them, though cursed, as I was, with the tragic flaw of mortality.</em><br></p><p>SISTER MINE<br></p><p>Now adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls gave Abby a permanent limp, but left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father, the god of growing things--an unusual childhood that made them extremely close. Ever since Abby's magical talent began to develop, though, in the form of an unearthly singing voice, the sisters have become increasingly distant.<br></p><p>Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life among the other nonmagical, claypicken humans--after all, she's one of them. In Cheerful Rest, a run-down warehouse, Makeda finds exactly what she's been looking for: a place to get some space from Abby and begin building her own independent life. There's even a resident band, led by the charismatic (and attractive) building superintendent.<br></p><p>But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own talent--and reconcile with Abby--if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .</p>Review<p>"Hopkinson's most wildly imaginative novel since <em>Brown Girl in the Ring</em>.... and some of her most accomplished prose to date; at one point, she conveys the multivalent perceptions of Makeda through stunning passages of pure synaesthesia." (<em>Locus</em> )<br></p><p>"As audacious as it is addictive." (A <em>Toronto Life</em> "Must Read" )<br></p><p>"Hopkinson has lost none of her gift for salty, Caribbean-Canadian talk...and the relationship between Makeda and Abby always rings true: resentment and anger enduringly intertwined with love and loyalty." (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em> )<br></p><p>"A most impressive work . . . vivid and richly nuanced, utterly realistic yet still somehow touched with magic." (<em>Toronto Star<em> on </em>The New Moon's Arms</em> )<br></p><p>"With sly humor and great tenderness, Hopkinson draws out the hope residing in age and change." (<em>Toronto Globe and Mail<em> on </em>The New Moon's Arms</em> )<br></p><p>"[A] considerable talent for character, voice, and lushly sensual writing . . . her most convincing and complex character to date." (<em>Locus<em> on </em>The New Moon's Arms</em> )<br></p><p>"A book of wonder, courage, and magic . . . an electrifying bravura performance by one of our most important writers." (Junot Díaz, author of <em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</em> on *The Salt Roads* )<br></p><p>"Sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic. A tour de force from one of our most striking new voices in fiction." (<em>Kirkus Reviews<em> (starred review) on </em>The Salt Roads</em> )<br></p><p>"Vibrant . . . stunning . . . Hopkinson puts her lyrical gifts to good use." (<em>New York Times Book Review<em> on</em> Skin Folk</em> )<br></p><p>"Hopkinson has already captured readers with her unique combination of Caribbean folklore, sensual characters, and rhythmic prose. These stories further illustrate her broad range of subjects." (<em>Booklist<em> on </em>Skin Folk</em> )<br></p><p>"Succeeds on a grand scale . . . Hopkinson's narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin." (<em>New York Times Book Review<em> on </em>Midnight Robber</em> )<br></p><p>"Rich and complex . . . Hopkinson owns one of the more important and original voices in SF." (<em>Publishers Weekly<em> (starred review) on </em>Midnight Robber</em> )<br></p><p>"Excellent . . . a bright, original mix of future urban decay and West Indian magic . . . strongly rooted in character and place." (<em>Sunday Denver Post<em> on </em>Brown Girl in the Ring</em> )<br></p><p>"Utterly original . . . the debut of a major talent. Gripping, memorable, and beautiful." (Karen Joy Fowler, author of <em>The Jane Austen Book Club </em>on *Brown Girl in the Ring* ) </p>About the Author<p>Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection <em>Skin Folk</em> was selected for the 2002 <em>New York Times</em> Summer Reading List and was one of the <em>New York Times</em> Best Books of the Year. Hopkinson is also the author of <em>The New Moon's Arms</em>, <em>The Salt Roads</em>, <em>Midnight Robber</em>, and <em>Brown Girl in the Ring</em>. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.<br></p>