American Library announced in April 2004 that it would not be republishing the book after all. In a February 9, 2005 interview on NPR with Terry Gross, Cheney denied that Sisters contained a lesbian relationship. Cheney suggested that the relationship between the two characters was in question and a historical mystery. She also suggested that Sisters was her one bad book, written in an "attempt to take the novel Rebecca (by Daphne du Maurier) and put it in a Western setting." In an interview that took place on October 27, 2006 with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's The Situation Room, Cheney denied that Sisters contained rape or graphic depictions of lesbian sex. Sisters and Saddam Hussein's novel Zabibah and the King are the subject of Taylor Mac's satirical song The Palace of the End. References External links Full text of Sisters from whitehouse.georgewbush.org 1981 American novels American historical novels Novels set in Wyoming Novels set in the 19th century Fiction set in 1886 Signet Books books