Riot Recommendation: Sibling Rivalry

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Carry the One by Carol Anshaw. Carry the One begins in the hours following Carmen’s wedding reception, when a car filled with stoned, drunk, and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next twenty-five years, those involved, including Carmen and her brother and sister, craft their lives in response to this single tragic moment.

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A good sibling story is tough to beat: there’s the intimacy of family, the competition of rivals, and questions of identity. Often siblings make the greatest sacrifices for each other and often commit the bitterest betrayals.