LRB Collections 12: ‘Sisters Come Second’ binder many of whom are the

many of whom are the breadwinners in their families

The essays in this collection explores cases from Renaissance Germany to New England and South Africa as they puzzle over the contradictions of a desire to dismiss witches as foolish and deluded

published in the London Review of Books in 1990

What are we to do

LRB Collections 12: ‘Sisters Come Second’ binder many of whom are theWriting about siblings from the London Review of Books My childhood can never let me down as a guide to human complication. Andrew OHagan Most of us who have siblings dream about being an only child, Colm Tibn writes in his introduction. Part of the joy of being a novelist is to erase all trace of siblinghood and present a character facing destiny without brothers and sisters Not having siblings gives them autonomy, and that, in turn, becomes a sort