02080cam a2200385 i 4500 513107692 TxAuBib 20170328120000.0 170203s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016005921 9780143129295 paperback 0143129295 paperback (OCoLC)946254896 DLC eng rda DLC BDX OCLCQ ON8 GK8 PFLCL ILC APL OCLCO BTCTA YDXCP IUO YDX TxAuBib rda Kohler, Sheila. Once we were sisters : a memoir / Sheila Kohler. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017] 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A heartrending literary memoir of the tragic death of Kohler's older sister describes how in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, the author investigated their unusual shared childhood and her brother-in-law's violent history,"--NoveList. After learning that her sister Maxine was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg, Kohler flew back to the country where she was born, determined to reckon with the tragedy and her family's history of choosing unsuitable men. Flashing back to their childhood at the family estate, Crossways, Kohler tells of the death of her father and being raised by their mother, at turns distant and suffocating. She shows how the bond between sisters changes but never breaks, even after death. 20170328. Kohler, Sheila. Kohler, Sheila. Family. Kohler, Sheila. Travel. Women authors, South African Biography. Authors, South African Biography. Sisters South Africa Biography. Sisters South Africa Death. Women South Africa Biography. Siblings. South Africa History 1961-1994 Biography.