Sister, It's Not The Way

Sisters, It's Not the Way: Author's EditionThe hardest conversations are the ones families avoid. An emotionally driven women's fiction novel that explores love, family, and the choices women make when what they want does not align with what they were taught. The story begins on a Sunday and moves through the events leading up to it, revealing how each choice, each relationship, and each secret builds toward that day.
Emma has spent years bringing her granddaughters together, holding onto tradition and the belief that there is a right way to live and love. But the women sitting at her table are all living very different realities. Selena is successful and driven, but her marriage is beginning to show cracks she cannot ignore. Jackie is caught in a relationship with a man who was never fully hers, and now she is facing a decision that will change everything.
Kristen refuses to hide who she loves, even when it puts her at odds with her family and everything she was raised to believe. What appears to be a single Sunday filled with tension is actually the result of everything that came before it. As the story moves through the days leading up to that Sunday, each woman is forced to confront the truth about her life, her relationships, and the choices she keeps making.
In Sisters, It's Not the Way, the conflict lives in the things people do not communicate, the relationships they hold onto, and the lines they cross when love, fear, and family expectations are at odds. It is a story about facing reality when it becomes impossible to ignore and deciding what comes next. This Author's Edition is a revised and updated version of the original story, reflecting the author's growth while staying true to the characters and the emotional core of the book.
Written by Southern California-based author Kelly R. Nelson, Sisters, It's Not the Way is for readers who are drawn to character-driven stories about complicated relationships, difficult decisions, and the experiences that force change.