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Dear Sister

A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

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By Michelle Horton

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$39.00 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around January 30, 2024. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

In this “incendiary” memoir, a woman fights the criminal justice system to release her incarcerated sister after she kills her longtime abuser (Publishers Weekly).

In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton’s life: she learns that her sister has just shot her partner and is now in jail. Stunned, Michelle rearranges her life to raise Nikki’s two young children alongside her own son.   

During the investigation that follows, Michelle is shocked to learn that Nikki had been hiding horrific abuse for years. Michelle launches a fight to bring Nikki home, squaring off against a criminal justice system designed to punish the entire family.   

Since Dear Sister’s original publication, Michelle’s fight—alongside a tireless network of supporters—has resulted in Nikki’s release from prison. 

With a new chapter, an update from Nikki, and never-before-seen photographs documenting the homecoming, this edition provides a touching new conclusion to a profound, intimate story of resilience and the unbreakable bond of family.

  • "Incendiary...a powerful testament to the tenacity of sisterly bonds, a scathing indictment of the legal landscape for abused women, and a wrenching exploration of the shame that allows abuse to remain hidden. This is difficult to forget.”
    Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “Essential… this strong narrative points to the realities of the United States’ criminal justice system and how it can fail the most vulnerable.”
    Library Journal (starred review)
  • “Unflinching, vulnerable and bold… a story of family resilience, infinite love, friends, and communities …It’s a story you won’t forget. It is a story that matters because it’s more than Nikki’s story.”
     
    The New York Journal of Books

On Sale
Jan 30, 2024
Page Count
352 pages
ISBN-13
9781538757154


Michelle Horton

About the Author

Michelle Horton is a writer and advocate living in New York’s Hudson Valley with her son, nephew, and niece. Through the Nicole Addimando Community Defense Committee, she continues to speak out for her sister and the countless other victims of domestic violence criminalized for their acts of survival.

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