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The Other Sister ReviewThe Other SisterS.T. Underdahl. Minnesota: Woodbury, 2007. 248 pp. $8.95.
ISBN 978-0-7387-0933-8
What if everything you thought about your own family was a big, fat lie? This thought springs into the mind of fifteen-year-old Josey after her parents reveal a secret that could change her life forever. Everyone hopes that they have a normal family with very little or no secrets among them, and for Josey Muller, it seemed like she had that life. She has a Mother and a Father who love her and two brothers, who at times drive her crazy, care for her too. We are greeted with a cover of The Other Sister, with the word other out of place in a black hole. This other is significant and highlights the beginning of Josey's discoveries.
Fifteen-year-old Josey Muller is the only daughter of Anne and Bill Muller. Or at least that is what she thinks until her Mother springs the news that she has an older sister. Audrey Merriday is ten years older than Josey and was born while Josey's parents were in High School. Their parents forced them to put her up for adoption merely only a minute after being born. Audrey has now contacted her mother through an adoption agency and her Mom is more excited and happy than Josey has ever seen her.
For Josey Muller, this is not pretend...it is her life. Suddenly she's not the only daughter, and sister of her two brothers. This girl Audrey, her older sister, is all her parents can talk about. She wants to be in high spirits like her Mom, but how is she supposed to be thrilled when her entire world has gone topsy-turvy? Is it possible that she could ever enjoy having a sister? "I hoped I wasn't going to start passing out whenever anyone referred to Audrey as a member of the family, like some kind of post-hypnotic suggestion" (121). Josey feels displaced that her parents are ecstatic and her brothers are adjusting fairly well. She is no longer the only girl. She is no longer the middle child. She is now the other daughter, and she is not quite sure how to act around the newfound sister.
A Theme that progresses throughout the book is `Don't judge a book by its cover'. The book stands close to that saying in a way that Josey is learning not to make assumptions without fully knowing about the circumstances. Getting to know Audrey not only as a person, but also as a sister is going to be difficult for the whole family, particularly Josey, but she can't get carried away with judgments that she isn't equip to make.
The only way Josey can deal with these occurrences is to take a step back and truly see not only how she feels but also how her sister feels. There are two parts to every story and Josey just needs to step out of the box and take an outlook from Audrey's shoes. By Josey worrying about how the situation was affecting her family, and most of all herself, she was forgetting that Audrey was left dangling between two families. Will Josey give the situation a chance?
Tender and heartfelt, The Other Sister is brimming with emotion. Josey's struggle to cope with news and find her place is easy to relate to. Even though she does come off selfish and for a teenager, way in control, but I think it's a teenager's nature to pretend to be that way. And although some ideas don't get through as easily as expected, it causes you to be thinking in Josey's shoes, you are caught in the act of laughing and crying with Josey. Relatable and eye-opening, The Other Sister gives readers a chance to see behind the scenes of adoption reunions.
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