In My Sister’s House

The bond of sisterhood for African-American twins Storm and Skylar Morrison becomes stronger when sorely tested in Welch’s engrossing latest. After Storm serves a three-year prison term for her part in a botched robbery, she asks for a job at Skylar’s successful Philadelphia night club, Legends. Reuniting with encouraging old family friend Nettie Flowers, and knowing she has an inheritance from her father who died while she was incarcerated, infuses Storm with hope. But she makes a big mistake in hooking up again with her two-timing thug boyfriend, DuBoy. Welch (The Bachelorette Party ) weaves fascinating supporting characters into his mad and wise morality play—including Lovely, a nurse-by-day/Legends dancer-by-night; June Alvarado, Nettie’s young Latina lesbian lover; and third-rate comic Flynn Wilson—although Gidget, a rude white dancer at the club, is a blatant stereotype. As tragic events pile up, including the fatal stabbing of Nettie, Welch scores a winner with the two sisters discovering the extraordinary power of forgiveness. (Feb.)