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Shred Sisters

Oct 24, 2024 | zip06.com | Betsy Lerner

Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner It is hard to find a book that is funny, smart, engaging, and thought-provoking, yet that is just what Betsy Lerner has done with her superb new novel. It is easily one of my favorite fiction books of the last few years.
Shred Sisters | Bookreporter.com

Oct 18, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Betsy Lerner

Betsy Lerner is a literary agent and the author of a popular advice book for writers, THE FOREST FOR THE TREES (which is superb), as well as two memoirs. Her debut novel, SHRED SISTERS, is about two Connecticut siblings who live by this motto: No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister. They sure do put themselves and each other through the emotional ringer. Our narrator is Bunny.
“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds”: Remembering The Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

Oct 13, 2024 | independent.ng | Betsy Lerner

BETSY LERNER It was raining the day I met Elizabeth Wurtzel. She arrived at our offices wrapped in a wool scarf. I was a newly minted editor at Houghton Mifflin, and we were considering her memoir on depression, then titled “I Feel So Down I Want to Die.” She apologized for being late. She fished in her bag for some pills and asked for water. I noticed her hand tremored when she lifted the glass to her lips. She was warm, funny, sort of absurd.
“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

Oct 2, 2024 | lithub.com | Betsy Lerner

It was raining the day I met Elizabeth Wurtzel. She arrived at our offices wrapped in a wool scarf. I was a newly minted editor at Houghton Mifflin, and we were considering her memoir on depression, then titled “I Feel So Down I Want to Die.” She apologized for being late. She fished in her bag for some pills and asked for water. I noticed her hand tremored when she lifted the glass to her lips. She was warm, funny, sort of absurd.
10 promising books to add to your reading list this October

Oct 1, 2024 | alumni-sciencespolyon.fr | Betsy Lerner |Rivers Solomon |Mark Haddon
An Impossible Loss, Breached By a YouTube Workout

Oct 1, 2024 | vogue.com | Betsy Lerner

Products are independently selected by our editors. We may earn an affiliate commission from links. The three of us were doing burpees. It wasn’t pretty, but there we were: three sisters, jumping around in our makeshift dens turned gyms at the height of the pandemic. Every morning, we’d tune in to our favorite YouTube instructors, get on Facetime, and squat it out. Like many sisters, we had our ups and downs, our rivalries and resentments.
Summary and Reviews

Oct 1, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Betsy Lerner

ExcerptShred SistersI was afraid to wake up my dad. He was stretched out on the couch in his den, late afternoon, his brown loafers kicked off on the shag carpet, resting on each other like rabbits. "This better be good, Amy." He never used my full name. It was Aim or A, or Acorn, Bun, or Bunny. By the time he reached Ollie, she was soaked in blood. Ollie had dared me to jump on the couch with her.
In This Nuclear Family, Mental Illness Leads to a Meltdown

Sep 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Betsy Lerner

SHRED SISTERS, by Betsy LernerWhatever eldest daughter syndrome is, Ollie Shred doesn't have it. According to the dubious science of birth order and the recent internet, big sisters are the disproportionate load bearers of the family: responsible, organized, high-achieving, resentfully overburdened. According to Amy Shred, her big sister is reckless, self-absorbed, volatile, manipulative. A danger to herself and others.