Imagine growing up in an elite Baltimore family where money is no concern. Then imagine that security being taken away because someone in the family offended the matriarch. This is the premise behind Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford. Norrie, Jane and Sassy have somehow offended their grandmother, Almighty Lou, to such an extent that she has threatened to leave her vast fortune to her favorite charity unless Almighty can be appeased with a full confession. Thus all three girls write their own confessions and apologies to Almighty under the hope that she will restore the family's wealth.
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters is broken up into three main parts: Norrie, Jane and Sassy's stories respectively. It was enjoyable how the three confessions overlapped eachother; however, by the third story, it was a bit repetitive. I also think that Standiford might have lost steam while writing the book. It felt as if the third confession was lacking. By far my favorite confession was Norrie's (the first). I enjoyed it so much that I flipped to the end of the story. After Norrie's confession, I was dissatisfied with Jane and Sassy's.
Overall, a good read, but I was more interested in what happened to Norrie and Robbie rather than Jane and Sassy's stories.
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