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Brothers, Sisters, Strangers included on this 2021 Holiday Gift Giving Guide

https://www.sgn.org/story.php?ch=arts__entertainment&sc=books&id=310712&fbclid=IwAR1dDyQ2XtmgrxtAazvqcGz5wfZP03t0hokfWhJmfbxSbyj9B-8JKoHnnlk

Chicago’s WBBM Newsradio 780 features Brothers, Sisters, Strangers

https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/holidays-rules-and-limitations-a-must-for-family https://fernschumerchapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cover-8f840938-scaled-1.jpg">

New Research: Sibling rivalry lasts a lifetime

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10106757/Sibling-rivalry-lasts-adulthood-study-reveals.html

Boomer Magazine features “Brothers, Sisters, Strangers”

https://www.boomermagazine.com/sibling-estrangement-and-the-road-to-reconciliation/

“Best Books about Making Good Trouble”

I had a wonderful time coming up with this list: https://shepherd.com/best-books/making-good-trouble

USA Today editorial on ‘opposing perspectives’ on the Holocaust

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/10/18/texas-school-administrator-holocaust-invalidates-pain/8509046002/

Is Your Family Toxic?

OprahDaily, Oprah's new platform, ran this story last week that featured Brothers, Sisters, Strangers.The article was picked up by Yahoo.com. https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a29609819/signs-of-toxic-family/?fbclid=IwAR279n1qPsWb7_mbuelie79M8WQLPfyptGV_1_1SwxdXQRDfRyHKqAyZIOs

A reader feels a little less alone

Dear Ms. Chapman, My two daughters have been estranged since summer 2018, three years now.  One went into the Navy, soon to be stationed in Hawaii,  the other lives with her boyfriend about 45 minutes  away.  The Navy daughter and I are very close, the other older daughter also has not spoken to me in three years. When I turned 60 last September she texted me. It had been 2 ...

A Reader’s Response

Phil W. reconciled with only sister after decades of estrangement. Here, he identifies the reason he distanced himself from his family. Reading Brother, Sisters, Strangers has caused me to think about my decades-long estrangement from and reconciliation with my younger sister. Often, there isn’t one dramatic cause of a ruptured relationship. In my case, estrangement was the result of a long-ago event that shattered our family and left all of us broken ...

Dedicated to fully engaging in life

I am the fifth of six siblings.  My father married my mother and, my oldest brother arrived all before they both turned 20.  Following the birth of the sixth child, my parents divorced.  Consequently, my mother began working out of the home and my oldest sister became like a second mother to the youngest sibling.  I, at age 8, became very independent.  I held close a best friend and her ...