Mothers and Daughters: From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a captivating family drama

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I also enjoyed the evocative descriptions of the rather genteel seaside village of Tilsham and of the family home. Astrid idolizes her beautiful and brilliant mother, but when Ingrid murders a lover and is sentenced to prison, Astrid’s life changes.

The memoir begins on a night when Brodeur’s parents host a cocktail hour and dinner with her father’s best friend and his wife, a night that ends when Brodeur’s mother wakes her daughter, then fourteen, to confide in what would be the beginning of an affair. It wasn’t until I gave birth to my first child, a daughter, that it dawned on me: I hadn’t even begun to separate from my mother.

Ms James doesn’t use stereotypes, there are no wicked people or femme fatales which is so refreshing. Willow is a very empathetic character, gentle, kind and vulnerable and her relationship with Rick is one of the most interesting aspects of this story.

Naomi has always kept aspects of her marriage to Colin private, she’s never told anyone what really went on behind closed doors and now is the time. De Beauvoir describes her mother’s final days and reflects on their relationship in view of the imminent death. Although much criticism has been written on individual texts, no systematic study of the development of this theme in Western European fiction exists. a selection of impressive, erudite, thoughtfully written essays by seven forward-thinking contributors . Siblings Martha and Willow couldn’t be more different – chalk and cheese they’d always been told, especially by their father.It sends some significant messages to readers about acceptance of life choices and I appreciate this moral message that James is trying to convey.