I tried reading this book on two different times. Hated it. Would not recommend it to anyone!

This is a good beach read - mothers & daughters, sisters & siters .....

This book was another easy, great read from Jane. Her words flow so nicely and I was hooked from the first page. I don't know how she turns out so many books so often and so well! x

While I did not dislike Sunshine Sisters, I expected a great deal more from it that it delivered. I felt the characters were all "types". Ronni Sunshine is the aging actress who has regrets . Nell is the stalwart eldest sister. Meredith is maladjusted middle child. Lizzy is the spoiled baby of the family. I had a hard time really connecting with a of the characters because them seemed a bit two dimensional. Having said that the author develops a nice sense of place when describing the area where the sisters grew up. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the food and recipes. The book will probably appeal to fans of Jane Green's later books and those who like fiction focused on family relationships.

Jane Green, after a few missteps, is back to the compelling fiction that made her famous! This is much better than her recent efforts.

I would like to thank Jane Green, Berkley and Netgalley for giving me this book for my honest review
Review By Stephanie
I have been a fan of Jane Green ever since reading Jemima J back in 2001 and have been reading everything she puts out since then. Jane’s writing is amazing, the flow is effortless and the characters are always amazing. So I was excited when I saw another book by Jane’s up on Netgalley and was super excited!
The Sunshine Sisters is about three sister raised by an aspiring actress who spends more time on her acting career than actually rising her girls. The girls are amazing; I loved each one of them especially since they are all so different. Nell is the oldest sister who is now struggling being a single mom and working on the farm. Motherhood and farming is the only thing that Nell focuses on. Then there is Meredith who is struggling in a body that her mother spent many years demeaning. Lastly there is the youngest sister, Lizzy. She is a famous TV chef but her marriage is falling apart.
I love how this story starts at the end and works its way back to the beginning. The stories of these sisters are amazing and this book was a great read! I cannot wait to read more from one of my favorite writers Jane Green!

I am grateful to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

I have always been a fan of everything Jane Green. I’ve read most of her work and always enjoy her pithy style, and the way she writes about women. She always gives the female characters interesting challenges – career, family, relationship and other, and always puts them in situations that endear them to you, as well as make for great storylines to which almost any woman can relate. It is why she is one of my favorite authors.

The Sunshine Sisters was no different. The main character in the book, Ronni Sunshine, was actually not a very likeable character. She was a horrible mother, completely focused on herself and her career and left her three daughters to fend for themselves most of the time. As a result, the girls did fend for themselves and were mostly at odds with one another as well. Somehow they all adapted to their life, but in the end, coming back together proved difficult; especially when Ronni became ill and really needed them.

What I really liked about the book: Nell, Meredith and Lizzy couldn’t be more different and that’s what made them so interesting as the three daughter characters. Each had reacted differently to their isolation and loneliness and their personalities were very entertaining reading.

What I didn’t like about the book: The author introduces an author into the scene who starts out with one purpose that is quickly derailed and his role is subsumed into another purpose (I’m trying not to create a spoiler here…) I like what happened with him and another character, but perhaps it would have been interesting if he fulfilled his original mission as well…which seemed to completely fall by the wayside. Would have made a nice epilogue.

Jane Green has written the perfect 2017 beach read. Family struggles, beautiful descriptions of food, houses, farms and NYC and a satisfying end! Loved it.

The only bright spot in the novel for me was the title. The sisters are emotionally damaged and are called by their dying mother to heal. I get it, but the story for me moved slowly.

I enjoyed The Sunshine Sisters, and appreciate being able to read the latest release (an ARC) by Jane Green. I wanted to read it straight through and stayed up late a couple of nights, because it was compelling and dramatic. I got sucked in to the emotional scenes, laughing and crying along with the characters. I thought the main characters were multi-dimensional and well-drawn, although the secondary characters were less so. I cared about the sisters and shared their frustration with their mother and each other.

However, there were several drawbacks. One, I didn't think writing in present tense was optimal, and it was a bit confusing when it changed to past tense (At times, I wondered if it was an editing oversight or intentional). Two, there's some serious head-hopping going on, wherein POV changes from one character to another, at times from paragraph to paragraph. Third, the ending is a bit weak, but since it also goes on too long, I got the resolution/satisfaction I wanted. This was a pre-publication review version so I assume some of these aspects will be cleaned up before it goes on sale. Thanks again for a fun, fast read.

I honestly don’t think there has ever been a Jane Green book I’ve ever NOT liked. Her writing style flows so smoothly and the reader feels like she is sitting right there with the characters in the book.

This book, a story about three sisters raised by what I’d call an absentee mother who was focusing on her acting career rather than her daughters, is heart wrenching and happy at the same time. I absolutely loved the daughters and their differences. What a gift to have three completely different children, all talented in their own way. We see Nell, the oldest, struggle with being a single mom to River while working and living on a farm with very little outside interaction, to Meredith who is struggling to find true love in a body that was demeaned by her mother so many times it made me want to cry, to Lizzy, the free-spirited youngest daughter, who is a famous t.v. chef in a failing marriage. The story starts with the end but it is the journey that the book takes us through to get to that end that really brings vivid color to this storyline. Each an every character was described as if he or she was being chiseled out of a block of wood. The detail from physical description to mannerisms, not to mention the background scenery, made me feel like I was watching the story as I was reading it.

A beautiful story worth reading and soaking up like sunshine itself. The Sunshine Sisters.

Thank you to NetGalley, Jane Green, and Berkley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I had a little trouble getting into the story, Ronni was difficult for me to relate to. It's a good story about siblings growing up with a movie star mother who was not there for them, how they went their separate ways and built their own lives and how they came back when their Mother called. It was thought provoking and intensely emotional in spots and hardly believable in other places, kept me intrigued right to the end.

1st time Jane Green reader and I fell in love with this book and these characters. It is a different kind of fun book and we might see ourselves in this family..

Growing up with selfish B-movie actress Ronni Sunshine for a mother was definitely not full of sunshine for the Sunshine sisters. Each dealt with their mother’s rages and bad behavior in their own way. Nell grew silent and escaped to the unglamorous life on a farm, Meredith ate and fled to England settling for what she thought she deserved, and Lizzy laughed it off and became her own version of selfish. In escaping their mother they lost connection with each other but now they have been summoned home and will have to figure out life together. A story of the damages a family can cause, forgiveness, finding your own path, and ultimately love.

Jane Green's latest tackles the complexity of family relationships, between Ronni and her three daughters, Nell, Meredith and Lizzy. The relationship between the three sisters, different from each other in reaction to their mother's self-centeredness, evolves as they each face some harsh new realities in their lives. Recommended.

This was an enjoyable read. Jane Green is able to set up the characters so that the reader can identify and sympathize with each one is remarkable.

This book will be a great summer read. It has a good mix drama and mom issues while mixing in trendy restaurant/food references. Some of the sub-plots are a little predictable, but it doesn't take too much away from the story. If you just keep in mind that this is a light summer read, then you will be fine.

I generally like Jane Green books however, it seems like the story keeps switching between serious fiction and chick lit. I will get into the mindset that it's a serious read, then the characters do something zany and I have to do a double-take.

Overall, I would recommend this as a beach read, or something to read while having a nice, tall, pink drink with an umbrella in it.

Unfortunately I could not get into the story, everyone seemed to be so selfish and self absorbed, hard to like any of them enough to continue reading. Also for me the excess use of swear words was a turnoff and as were the detailed sex scenes.

Liked this book a lot. I'm a big Jane Green fan. Perfect beach read.

The Sunshine Sisters is a well written novel, however, I had trouble enjoying it. Yes, broken people eventually forged a bridge into what one hopes is a life of love, but will it crumble? The relationship between mothers and daughters is always complex. Although I had trouble finding a likable character, I could relate to some of the interactions. Yet, it seemed that none of these grown-up characters actually grew up. If you enjoy reading about dysfunctional families and can keep an open mind about social interactions, this book may bring you amusement. As for me, I prefer a story that makes me feel like living the life I have imagined. The only feeling Jane Green's new novel invoked was a feeling of relief that I had finished it and could put it down.