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The Murderer's Daughters
The Murderer's Daughters | Randy Susan Meyers
7 posts | 15 read | 13 to read
Lulu and Merry's childhood was never ideal, but on the day before Lulu's tenth birthday their father propels them into a nightmare. He's always hungered for the love of the girls' self-obsessed mother; after she throws him out, their troubles turn deadly. Lulu had been warned not let her father in, but when he shows up drunk, he's impossible to ignore. He bullies his way past Lulu, who then listens in horror as her parents struggle. She runs for help, but discovers upon her return that he's murdered her mother, stabbed her five-year-old sister, Merry, and tried, unsuccessfully, to kill himself. Lulu and Merry are effectively orphaned by their mother's death and father's imprisonment. The girls' relatives refuse to care for them and abandon them to a terrifying group home. Even as they plot to be taken in by a well-to-do family, they come to learn they'll never really belong anywhere or to anyonethat all they have to hold onto is each other. For thirty years, the sisters try to make sense of what happened. Their imprisoned father is a specter in both their lives, shadowing every choice they make. One spends her life pretending he's dead, while the other feels compelled--by fear, by duty--to keep him close. Both dread the day his attempts to win parole may meet with success. A beautifully written, compulsively readable debut, The Murderer's Daughters is a testament to the power of family and the ties that bind us together and tear us apart.
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abookishbutterfly
abookishbutterfly
The Murderer's Daughters | Randy Susan Meyers
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Mehso-so

2.75 stars

Premise: Lulu and Merry‘s father murders their mother and attempts to murder Merry. As he sits in prison, the girls are rejected by other family members, spend time in a rough orphanage, and grow into adults with unresolved issues from their troubled past.

Full review here: https://www.facebook.com/262384764521804/posts/313714012722212?s=1282951466&sfns...

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abookishbutterfly
abookishbutterfly
The Murderer's Daughters | Randy Susan Meyers
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Currently reading: The Murderer‘s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers

I really love the author‘s writing style. It flows beautifully and she seems skilled at haunting the reader with devastating one liners. I suspect this book is going to break me. I also suspect I‘m going to love it.

What are you reading now?

Scochrane26 Light from other stars, for library book club. 5y
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abookishbutterfly
abookishbutterfly
The Murderer's Daughters | R.S. Meyers
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This was seriously the most fun I‘ve had making a video! I think I‘ll need to include him in more!

https://youtu.be/2KJrYgqX4Ds

EadieB Watched your video and loved it! I like that your husband was so interested in helping pick your books. I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn very much. In the 2nd pile I thought he would pick the one with ‘husband‘ in the title too. In 3rd pile I thought he would pick Ani D‘Franco book. Please tag me when you do your next video. Thanks! 5y
abookishbutterfly @EadieB Thanks for watching and commenting! It looks like you and I were on the same page with some of our predictions. I am still kind of shocked that he didn‘t pick It‘s Always the Husband! It was a really fun video to make! I‘ll definitely tag you for my next video. 5y
EadieB @Butterflyamore I watched your last video too about the prompts and agree that making a planned list of books in the beginning does not work for me either because of all the new books that come out or books others have enjoyed always call me to read them and I soon am falling behind on my planned list! 5y
abookishbutterfly @EadieB Yes, it gets kind of depressing after a while when you try to adhere to the plan! 5y
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abookishbutterfly
abookishbutterfly
The Murderer's Daughters | R.S. Meyers
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We went to Savers yesterday and I accidentally bought some more books. 🤷‍♀️

tracey38 Too hard to resist! 6y
BarbaraJean “Accidentally” 😂 6y
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Bookgirl
Bookgirl
The Murderer's Daughters | R.S. Meyers
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Panpan

#bookclubbook which I finished only because of book club. I started skimming about halfway through. This is one of those books about nothing...it follows the lives of two girls through the years as they live and grow with the stigma of a father who murdered their mother. It showcases all the ways their childhood and past screwed them up and the ways in which they persevere. It seemed monotonous to me, with little of interest. I was bored.

abookishbutterfly Yes! This is very similar to what I said in my review. I was disappointed in this one. 5y
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dariazeoli
dariazeoli
The Murderer's Daughters | Randy Susan Meyers
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#ReadJanuary Day 11: #DNF

I'm notorious for finishing books even when I'm not enjoying them. I need to remember that life is too short and there are so many books to read!

This is a book I bailed on recently, simply for the reason that I'm squeamish. I get dizzy when reading anything that suggests self-harm, and this one made me worried, so off to the Little Free Library it went.

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dariazeoli
dariazeoli
The Murderer's Daughters | Randy Susan Meyers

May have to bail on this one. I'm 2 chapters in and the realistic violence has me dizzy. I don't get me. I read Stephen King! One minute detail is all it takes.

Not wanting to faint, though.

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