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Sunnyside Up is a deeply character-driven tale of two lovingly combative Kentucky sisters and a man named Julian, a miner’s son, who was not their social equal. It’s a story of love and survival, but also of quantum entanglement at a Jungian level. Entanglement that requires each character to dive…

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1 author picked Sunnyside Up as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I fell in love with Adelaide and Felicity, two sisters who are opposites living at a 150-year-old family funeral home and farm in Kentucky.

Their personalities are like hens scratching at each other in a fun, witty manner that illuminates psychological and spiritual depth. Good medicine during the pandemic.

Throw in a bit of amnesia, a forgotten trauma, visitations from the departed, and Julian, whose funeral is delayed for reasons that are revealed, and you have an upbeat, thought-provoking, and sometimes delightfully irreverent glimpse into a rollicking multi-verse.

It made me consider more carefully what I do and say. For,…

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