While My Sister Sleeps

This book is not what I was expecting, but it turned out telling a very lovely story of the Snow family. The characters in the book: Molly - The sister of Robin - & that's how she's usually known in her life. Its hard for her because she has to find a way to know what her sister would want. She also has to take the "downing" of her mother, as she's obviously not the favorite child. Molly struggles to keep the family going & lead them in the right direction - all the while discovering information that could hurt the ones she loves... Molly finds who she is throughout this story - & its not who she starts out to be. David - the man who finds Robin on the side of the road. He tried to help her & ends up befriending Molly & helps her more then anyone probably else could... he's also a teacher & its interesting to see a little story on him. Just gives his character more of a personal story on how much he cares. Kathryn - the over protective mother. The one who pushed Robin into who she was - a CHAMPION. The mother who seemed like nothing else mattered except her first child & the career she was in. Charlie - the soft spoken father who only has to say a few words to put the knowledge out there of calmness. What every tv show reminds me of as a perfect father figure. Chris - the brother who also is struggling through the family crisis & having one of his own with his wife Erin. Nick - a friend of Molly's who also was in love with Robin. He's a reporter who will also do anything for a story. Peter - a surprise from the past And ROBIN - thought she is unconscious throughout the whole book, she speaks loud & clear through her words that she left behind. The "diaries" she kept shows what has happened in her life that her own family wasnt aware of. And in the end, she leads her family on what to do for her.... ____________________________________________- This story really showed me how important it is to tell your loved ones what you think... how you feel.. to work out things before its too late...It had a lot of stories going on with each character & I thought it was getting a little too confusing with alot of things at once, but before I knew it, I was at the end of the book & glad I had invested in each one of these characters. This is the first time I read a book by Barbara Delinsky, but it definately wont be my last...

This was a fast read - not a great book, but certainly an entertaining one. It reminded me of the type of story you would see in a Lifetime movie. The characters were largely sympathetic, if a bit one-dimensional. The plot was predictable, but it still made for a satisfying Saturday afternoon read. I thought it was more believable than _Family Tree_, and I would certainly read another book by this author, though I would wait for a sale price.

Loved it. A gripping story I almost couldn't put down.