History Literature / SistersNoWay

* IHaveManyNames: Margaret isn't aware that she has about three nicknames among her students. It's Milly-Molly-Mandy at the beginning, and Cindy remembers it used to be Maggie-Maggie (before a third Maggie was added). Cindy herself christens her 'The Bay Tree' after her hairstyle.

* ChristmasCake: Margaret. Richard is her first actual relationship since she split with Philip who has been with Naomi for at least three years.

* ShesGotLegs: Aishling has this reaction when Alva wears a short skirt. "[Alva] has a nice figure, she should show it off a bit more".

* PunnyName: Margaret Magee - Maggy Magee, Lampshaded by Cindy who wonders why her parents would call her that. Turns out it's her married name.

* WildTeenParty: Averted. Aishling has a birthday party at the house and it turns out more like a formal ball than anything else.

* WeddingDay: Richard and Margaret. Cindy doesn't go to the wedding at first but turns up at the end.

''Sisters... No Way!'' is a novel by Irish author Siobhán Parkinson. A modern ''Cinderella'' re-telling, it's told in the unique form of two diary accounts for its protagonists.

* UsefulNotes/TheNewIrish: Cindy's mother was an American living in Ireland.

* WickedStepmother: Subverted of course. Margaret is shown in a complicated light and portrayed as a sympathetic character.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Cindy's best friend Lisa.

* InSeriesNickname: All the teachers at Cindy's school have them. At first everyone calls Margaret "Milly-Molly-Mandy" and then Cindy starts calling her "The Bay Tree" after her hairstyle.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Aishling. She comes off as the mature NiceGirl and OnlySaneWoman, especially compared to Alva, but she was actually quite awful to her (ex-)boyfriend Bob, dumping him ''twice'' for little to no reason.

''Sisters... No Way!'' is a novel by Irish author Siobhán Parkinson. It's told uniquely in the form of two diaries kept by two teenage girls. Cindy is a fifteen-year-old only child whose mother has just died of an illness. She's actually adjusting pretty well to it until her father starts dating one of her teachers. The teacher in question has two daughters of her own, sixteen-year-old Aishling and fourteen-year-old Alva. We read the diaries of Cindy and Aishling and get their views on how their lives change as their parents eventually marry and the families are forced to move in together.

In case you didn't get the parallel with Cindy's name and the plot, it's sort of a modern take on ''Cinderella'', of course, without the poverty and toe-cutting.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a brat, Cindy is very intelligent and well-read.

* AlcoholicParent: Aishling and Alva's father Philip is implied to be this.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Alva, big time. Although Aishling still loves her, sometimes she's exasperated by her bratty behavior.

* BrattyHalfPint: Alva, even though she's fourteen.

* CoolBigSister: Richard's sister Imelda, though she's more of this to Cindy.

* DaddysGirl: Aishling mentions that Alva was this before their parents's divorce.

* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's not said what illness Cindy's mother died of.

* TheDiseaseShallNotBeNamed: It's not said what illness Cindy's mother died of.

* BlondesAreEvil: Alva, the bratty fourteen-year-old. Averted with Margaret and Aishling, who are also blondes.

* AngstWhatAngst: Cindy has this reaction to her father after her mother's funeral. She feels as though they should keep the shutters closed and is annoyed when he doesn't seem to be more sad. She eventually learns he's putting on a brave face.

* DramaticIrony: If you read Aishling's diary first, then you'll immediately realise that [[spoiler:Robbie, the guy Cindy meets in a bar, is her ex]]. If you read Cindy's first, then you'll clue in when he phones the house.

* WhatTheHellHero: The first line of Cindy's diary. She takes offence to someone suggesting that her mother's death was a "happy relief". Her father explains he meant as in a happy release from the pain of her mother's illness but Cindy still finds it rude.

* MeaningfulName: Cindy - a young girl who gets a stepmother and stepsisters.

* Everythings Better With Bob: Aishling calls her boyfriend Bob but she's the only one. Once she dumps him, he switches to Robbie.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Aishling has this reaction when Cindy comes over to dinner for the second time. The first time she wears jeans and dirty shoes but the second time she wears a dress, does up her hair and puts on a lot of makeup.

* SlobsVsSnobs: Played with in regards to Bob/Robbie's choice of "snob" Aishling vs "slob" Cindy.

''Sisters... No Way!'' is a novel by Irish author Siobhan Parkinson. It's told uniquely in the form of two diaries kept by two teenage girls. Cindy is a fifteen-year-old only child whose mother has just died of an illness. She's actually adjusting pretty well to it until her father starts dating one of her teachers. The teacher in question has two daughters of her own, sixteen-year-old Aishling and fourteen-year-old Alva. We read the diaries of Cindy and Aishling and get their views on how their lives change as their parents eventually marry and the families are forced to move in together.

* EverythingsBetterWithBob: Aishling calls her boyfriend Bob but she's the only one. Once she dumps him, he switches to Robbie.

* BottleFairy: Cindy's best friend Lisa.

''Sisters, No Way'' is a novel by Irish author Siobhan Parkinson. It's told uniquely in the form of two diaries kept by two teenage girls. Cindy is a fifteen-year-old only child whose mother has just died of an illness. She's actually adjusting pretty well to it until her father starts dating one of her teachers. The teacher in question has two daughters of her own, sixteen-year-old Aishling and fourteen-year-old Alva. We read the diaries of Cindy and Aishling and get their views on how their lives change as their parents eventually marry and the families are forced to move in together.

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