The follow up novel from the bestselling author of Love & Virtue, Seeing Other People is a darkly funny story of two very different sisters who are forced to investigate their own self-awareness and confront the question: what is the difference between self-love and selfishness? Diana Reid is phenomenal at creating ordinary, flawed, complex characters who manage to reflect our best and worst selves. Set just after the last of the pandemic lockdowns, Seeing Other People perfectly captures the sense of emerging from cold, bleak isolation into a hot Sydney summer. The relationship between Charlie and Eleanor, the sisters at the heart of this novel, is thoroughly recognisable and relatable for anyone with a sister – that intense mix of pride and jealousy, love and competition, friendship and betrayal inherent in the bond.
Share your thoughts: Where do you think the line between self-love and selfishness falls? Would you give up something important to you in order to protect the happiness of your sibling?
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