My Sister My Friend

One sister had five rowdy, mischievous boys and considered it a complete family. Life was hard on a rough mountainside, and these things must be considered. She did, however, meet an agonizing circumstance where the decision regarding her family might need to be changed. Could she... should she... put herself through it? Or would the pain be too much?

Author Joann Ellen Sisco perfectly captures the voice and soul of the southern Ozarks. People are people, no matter where they are, but the subtle culture and expression of language is unique to a place and time and no one masters this better for this distinctive section of America than Sisco.