Favorite Daughter

一部充滿黑色幽默的小說。一對互不相識的異母姐妹被迫在她們的父親臨終遺願下，走向互相理解之路的故事。

米奇(Mickey)和阿羅(Arlo)是異母姐妹，但她們從未說過話，也從未見過面。生父親雖脾氣古怪卻十分有魅力，多年來阿羅始終崇拜著父親；但米奇卻不然，自從多年前父親拋棄了米奇與她母親，米奇從此對這個父親深惡痛絕！當米奇收到父親過世的消息，她非常訝異父親竟將一筆可觀的財產留給了她。條件是：米奇必須先接受心理諮商的系列療程，才能取得財產。而父親指定她相談的心理學家，竟是她的異母妹妹——阿羅！另一方面，在悉心照顧生病的父親時，阿羅意外發現父親竟將她從遺囑中移除。她決定要查明那些錢去了哪裡，並找出背後的真相。

在以治療師和病人的身份共同工作時，兩人都不知道她們其實是姐妹。阿羅渴望彌補自己過去在專業上的一個錯誤，因此極力想在新客戶身上重拾自信。然而，米奇並不是她理想中的病人。隨著米奇個人和職業生活開始失控，阿羅也逐漸揭開了關於她新病人的真相，兩姐妹發現她們正走向一條可能摧毀或拯救彼此的危險道路……

A darkly funny debut novel about two estranged sisters who are unknowingly thrown together by their problematic father’s dying wish

Mickey and Arlo are half sisters. But they’ve never spoken and never met. Arlo adored her father—but always lived in the shadow of his magnetic personality and burdensome vices. Meanwhile, their father abandoned Mickey and her mother years ago, and Mickey has hated him since. When she receives news of her father’s passing, Mickey is shocked to learn that he’s left her his not-inconsiderable fortune. The catch: Mickey must attend a series of therapy sessions before the money can be released.

Unbeknownst to either woman, the psychologist Mickey’s father has ensured she meets with is her half sister, Arlo. Having cared for her beloved father on his sickbed, Arlo is devastated to discover he’s cut her out of his will. She resolves to learn where the money went and why.

Working together as therapist and patient—with no idea that they’re in fact sisters—Arlo and Mickey soon get under each other’s skin. Arlo, eager to outrun a mistake in her professional past, is keen to redeem herself with her new client. But Mickey is far from the model patient. As Mickey’s personal and professional lives spiral out of control and Arlo uncovers the truth about who her new patient really is, the sisters find themselves on a crash course that will break—or save—them both.