Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.

The three Blue sisters are exceptional—and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left the family reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in.

But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize that the greatest secrets they've been keeping might not have been from each other, but from themselves. 

Imbued with Coco Mellors’s signature combination of humor and heart, Blue Sisters is a story of what it takes to keep living after loss—and, ultimately, to fall in love with life again.

Story Locale:New York, NY; London, England; Los Angeles, CA; Paris, France

Publication History:Ballantine HC (9/24)

About the Author

Coco Mellors grew up in London and New York, where she received her MFA in fiction from New York University. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Blue Sisters. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages and is currently being adapted for television. She lives with her husband and son in New York.

Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY

Author Hometown: London, UK and New York, NY