the book I have been reading is called sisters of misery. where i am in this book so far is talking about maddie goignt o help her aunt in her new flower shop. when she walks into the flower shop, her aunt welcomes her and tells her to go to the back to help her cousin cordillia. when she walks back, she finds cordillia on the ground crying with a picture in her hands. it shows her and her father. later on maddie figures out how hard it is not to have a parent there. maddie has her mother , but her mother never spends time with her unless it is aa social event. the author of this book magan kelly hall, is trying to say to us life is hard and theres no way around it. we just have to deal.