Today I'd like to welcome the fabulous Ali Ahearn (who you may know as Amy Andrews, Harlequin Medical & Riva author, and new Entangled author.) She's here to tell us about her first mainstream novel, SISTER PACT, which I'm dying to read!
Thanks Nic for having me here to talk about Sister Pact.
My sister Ros and I wrote this book in 2009 and its very
exciting to finally see it on the shelves – to see it in a Big W catalogue!! To
have sold out at our book launch!!
The book is about two estranged sisters having to play nice
to win a million pounds each on a Survivor style reality TV show and it was an
utterly enjoyable experience for both of us. We laughed and laughed, we got a
bit weepy from time to time and we shared incredible moments of synergy. We’ve
not long finished the second Joni and Frances instalment and I’m happy to
report it was just as good second time around!
Whilst the subject matter in Sister Pact is dealt with in a funny, irreverent kind of way, it
does deal with some big issues – infidelity and addiction being two but the
most heart wrenching of all is the sister’s estrangement. Well, at least it is
to me because the thought of being estranged from Ros makes me feel physically
ill. We’ve always been close, but even more so as adults with children of our
own and I couldn’t even begin to imagine what could possibly happen to tear us
asunder.
Just the thought is unbearable. She’s my other half. She completes me.
So in honour of that I thought share a little of the sister love
around with ten things I love about my sister. In no particular order.
She’s an incredible mother – trust me on this. For someone
who I thought was going to be a perpetual career woman she has embraced mother
hood with the fiery loins of a true Earth mother!
She has an incredible social conscience – go to the
Sisterlit website www.sisterlit.com and
go to the sister love page. You’ll see what I mean. She lays awake at night for
hours worrying about famine in Africa or Indigenous health here in Australia.
She’s smart – she had 4 degrees including a law degree and a
PhD.
She’s witty – she can verbally eviscerate the unsuspecting
and do it all with a smile.
She’s politically passionate – she’s actively involved and really
cares about what goes on politically around her.
She’s an incredible writer. Her first book blew me away and
I know, I just know, some forward thinking publisher is going to pick it up one
day. She’s fast and can write a log line or a blurb in about ten minutes flat!
And a whole chapter in about 2 hours!!!
She’s an advocate for the underdog. She works in a department
that looks after women, poor people and indigenous members of our society when
she could be earning mega bucks in a white wig.
She knows how to work a room. Actually, thanks to our mother
we both do.
She’s a juggler extraordinaire – part-time work, 3 kids and
one on the way, writing sister books, footy, ballet, school, kindy, tuckshop,
P&C meetings, fundraisers, home bake etc etc etc
She’s kind. Otherwise she’s just say no to all that stuff
and be sane instead!
And I guess her kids and hubby think she’s pretty wonderful too
– check out this cute video they uploaded to YouTube for her!
Love you Ros!
Ali and Ros are amazing women.
Go grab SISTER PACT now!
