Sisters of the Undertow

A Novel

By: Johnnie Bernhard

Narrated by: Theresa Bakken

Sisters Kim and Kathy Hodges are born 16 months apart in a middle-class existence parented by Linda and David Hodges of Houston, Texas. The happy couple welcomes their “lucky daughter” Kim, who is physically and mentally advanced. Following several miscarriages, Linda delivers “unlucky” Kathy at 29 weeks, ensuring a life of cognitive and physical disabilities. Kathy enters public school as a special education student, while Kim is recognized as gifted.

Both sisters face life-and-death decisions as Houston is caught in the rip current of Hurricane Harvey. Kim learns the capricious nature of luck, while Kathy continues to make her own luck, surviving Hurricane Harvey, as she has survived all undertows with the ethereal courage of the resolute.

Sisters of the Undertow examines the connotations of lucky and unlucky, the complexities of sibling rivalry, and the hand fate delivers without reason.

©2020 Johnnie Bernhard (P)2020 Johnnie Bernhard

Relatable and heartwarming

I really enjoyed this book. I could relate to the characters, especially the main! I was pulled in almost immediately and could relate on so many levels. This has me laughing and crying.

Fantastic Book

This is the story of sisters, Kim (the lucky one) and Kathy (the unlucky one). This is a good book, it made me think about the relationship between the two sisters. Kim was labeled lucky cause she's pretty, good at school and had many friends, Kathy was unlucky cause she wasn't pretty, a slow learner and didn't have many friends. I think Kathy was the luck one out of the two, she saw the beauty and good in everything and every one while Kim judged, much like a lot of us do. I do wish i coulda heard more about Kathy's life and how she handled things but the major of this book is about Kim's life. Johnnie Bernhard is an amazing writer. I can't wait to read her other books.

i recommend this book for those who wants to get lost for a little while in someone else's life.