Sisters and Husbands

Written by Connie Briscoe

Narrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor

New York Times best-selling author Connie Briscoe finally delivers the novel fans have waited 10 years to have. The sequel to Sisters Lovers, Sisters Husbands picks up with Beverly well into her thirties and finally engaged to the perfect man. But when her sister's marriage falls apart days before Beverly's wedding, she starts to fear that marriage just doesn't work. Can Beverly pull herself together, or is she destined to call off yet another engagement?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 11, 2009
• ISBN: 9781440773754

Connie Briscoe

Born in Washington DC, Connie Briscoe is an author of romantic and historical fiction and has been a full-time published author for nearly three decades. Her novels have hit the New York Times and other national bestseller lists and she has been featured in numerous publications and on television programs, including Good Morning America. She lives in Maryland.

Reviews for Sisters and Husbands

[joyfullyretired · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sisters & Husbands is a story about marriage. It's centered around Beverly who is a month away from marrying Julian. Beverly's family and friends are crossing their fingers that she will go through with it. She has backed away from marriage two other times at the last minute. This time things seem to be different. Beverly and Julian are truly in love. And, Julian is not just a good looking man. He's reliable, hard-working, successful and completely devoted to Beverly. He's her soul mate.You could say that Beverly has commitment issues but it's really more than that. Beverly is not a dewy-eyed twenty-something. She's 39, owns her own townhouse, has a good job as a journalist and she's dated enough to know the good guys from the bad. What's bothering Beverly is that she is afraid of marriage. She doesn't want anything to go wrong.Beverly has examples of good marriages to look at. Her parents and Julian's parents and his brothers all have long term, good marriages. Her sister, Evelyn, who's a psychologist, has what everyone calls the perfect marriage. Now then her other sister, Charmaine, has been married four times but this last one looks like it's going to stick. So, why would Beverly have any major doubts?She doesn't until Evelyn's perfect marriage falls apart. She and her husband have been married for over 25 years. It's the marriage everyone looks up to. That starts a cascade of problems. Charmayne's 14 year old stepdaughter comes for the summer and is the cause of a split between Charmayne and her husband. Beverly learns a cousin is getting divorcced and then there is her best friend who's fiance has been physically pushing her around. Now Beverly has serious doubts about marriage.I hope I haven't made this sound like a soap opera because it's not. It's a light-hearted look at a family of three sisters a month before a wedding. They do have enough drama going on in their lives but, they have such a strong bond between them. It's rewarding to see how supportive they are of each other. They joke around and squabble, just like real sisters. Their conversations are that of people you know.It felt so real that there were times I was talking out loud to these women as if I were sitting there. For instance, men do not fare well here. There were occasions when I was shouting to the sisters, "Not ALL men are dogs!" Beverly was so focused on the marriages that were having trouble. I kept telling her to look at her parents and Julian's parents. She wasn't listening to me.I loved this book. I gulped it down. Although the subject matter, marriage, is serious, it didn't feel heavy. It felt light and fun and a little gossipy. I liked that this was a story about a middle class black family. There were no stereotypes or characterisations. Just real people. There were a few references to black marriages and black men but just a part of the story.