THE WONDERFUL SIBLEYS

by William Maier ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 26, 1956

....have submerged the youngest son Noah, who, now in his thirties, is still unsure and fumbling, loyal to the family and wondering about the girl he had loved and whom he is to visit. Natalie's jibes about his brothers and sisters, his own observations about her way of living, about her husband and children, send him home to view his own affairs with a fresh sense of reality about his family. From the present to the past their actions contrast, and not always prettily, with their public pronouncements; he finds new reasons and sympathies for his brothers' wives, for his sister, Connie, who is determined to marry a shirt manufacturer, for the snobberies and the hurts the Sibley glamour does not recognize, and he makes his break for a life of his own. His new freedom sends him to help his sister- in-law, to be with Connie at her wedding, and to return to Natalie. But Natalie's family world too is closely woven and gives her no choice so Noah, doubly free, faces his future with a whole new background. A series of sharp touches here and a feeling for the Vermont and New Jersey settings gives this an accent which is definite and expressive.

Pub Date: July 26, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribner

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION