The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish

How do you grow up normal if your mother has bipolar disease and your father is a womanizing artist who drains his muses. Sisters Edie and Mae basically only have each other, one blond and scraggly, the other raven-haired and doe-eyed. Edie gets fits, and Mae sinks into trances. When their mother attempts to commit suicide, they have to move in with their estranged dad in NYC. And when the sisters drift apart, each leaning towards the one parent, things get darker.

While I enjoyed the gloomy dynamics of this twisted family, I wanted to like it even more, but never reached those heights.