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THREE GENERATIONS. TWO CHICKEN SHACKS. ONE RECIPE FOR DISASTER. A REESES BOOK CLUB PICK A charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds and rivalries only sisters can share Reese Witherspoon In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken Mimis and Chicken Frannies have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state - and the legendary feud between their respective owners, the Moores and the Pogociellos, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore, who grew up working for her mom at Mimis before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannies. Tired of being caught in the middle, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100,000 to the winner. But in doing so, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. The last thing Brooklyn-based organisational guru Mae Moore, Amandas sister, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes, Food Wars becomes her chance to step back into the limelight. Mae is certain she can make the fading Mimis look good - even if that pits her against Amanda and Frannies. With a greedy producer stoking the flames, their friendly rivalry quickly turns into a game of chicken. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge, the sisters must choose: will they fight with each other, or for their heritage? After all, alls fair in love, and war, and chicken . . . Three generations, two chicken shacks, and some big family secrets revealed.... The December Reeses Book Club pick, The Chicken Sisters by KJ DellAntonia is a charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds and rivalries only sisters can share. Also, a great present for your sister! Reese Witherspoon Its like the comfort food of novels: warm, memorable and wholly original. I loved it Laura Zigman, author of SEPARATION ANXIETY
