Blood Sisters

Blood Sisters is a 2005 book by Barbara and Stephanie Keating. The book follows the lives of three girls through their early lives in Kenya to their later lives, each of which go into different directions.

Synopsis
The novel concerns the life stories of three girls: the Irish Sarah Mackay, an Afrikaner Hanna Van der Beer and British Camilla Broughton Smith. The book follows their journey from being brought up in Kenya, until their lives diverge and their hopes and dreams are destroyed, and their bond almost with it.

Publication
Blood Sisters was first published in paperback format in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2005 through Harvill Press. This was followed by an ebook publication in 2006 through Vintage.

The novel has been translated to multiple languages that include German, Turkish, and Italian.

Trilogy
It is the first volume of the Langani Trilogy, followed by A Durable Fire (2007, ISBN 978-0099501695) and In Borrowed Light (2011, ISBN 978-0099520634).

Reception
RTE's reviewer described it as "A fat, juicy, escapist read" which "captures the intoxicating beauty of Kenya and the danger that pulls all three girls back", while a reviewer in the South African Independent Online said "Sentimental nonsense. Stay away."