The New York Times – Michiko Kakutani
Ms. Sittenfeld…manages to make [the sisters'] day-to-day relationship palpably real, capturing the alternating waves of loyalty and passive-aggressive competition that animate their every exchange. She shows us the anxieties and insecurities that underlie the choices the sisters have made throughout their lives, and makes us feel the weight of shared history that they carry in their hearts…Ms. Sittenfeld proves equally adept at capturing the rhythms of Kate's daily life with her husband and their children…The author gives us an Updikean portrait of life in Kate and Jeremy's comfortable St. Louis suburb that is every bit as well observed as the world of private school evoked in Prep…her portrait of Kate—much like her portrait of the Laura Bush-like heroine of American Wife—is so psychologically vivid that the reader easily overlooks the slick story line…Sisterland is a testament to the author's growing depth and assurance as a writer.