MotherDaughter

Actress | Anne Enright

I have a cold (surprise surprise after two horrible weeks at work) and it's my week without my girls so I'm trying to force myself to rest. I bought this because it was heavily discounted and I had been browsing in a bookshop to pass the time and it seemed depressing to buy nothing at all - does that sound demented? I just don't have the budget for new books when even simple children's books cost what I used to pay for new books for myself.

Mimi28 I hope you feel better!! ❤️‍🩹 7mo

MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Mimi28 thank you! 7mo

Caroline2 I get a lot of my books from secondhand shops. So much cheaper and they‘re often in really good condition. 👍 7mo

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LiteraryinPA Feel better soon! 7mo

MonicaLoves2Read Hope you feel better soon. 7mo

Graywacke Wish you well 7mo

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Eggs

The Wrong Way Home | Kate O'Shaughnessy

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Fern and her mom live at a sustainable farm in upstate NY, with a leader named “Dr Ben”, a stern ruler. It‘s the only home she can remember bc she was little when they moved there. When Mom absconds with her and drives to a California beach town saying that Ben is dangerous, Fern is furious and makes it her mission to get back “home”…

So heartful and well written🩵🩵

#ReadAway2024
#Pantone2024

DieAReader, Lauredhel, Andrew65, BarbaraBB, GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 8mo

Eggs @DieAReader 😍🥰😊 8mo

Eggs @DieAReader Love the new profile photo🩷 8mo

DieAReader @Eggs ☺️Thanks so much Sherri!!❤️‍🔥 8mo

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Nebklvr

The Wrong Way Home | Kate O'Shaughnessy

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The pace was slow but the characters and atmosphere were fantastic. The plot was unique with the cult and underlying feelings of danger.

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Tamra

My Phantoms | Gwendoline Riley

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To sum up this story of mother daughter estrangement: bleak. 😕

LeahBergen Your review made me laugh. 😆 12mo

sisilia Oh no, definitely not after Bleak House 😝 12mo

lazydaizee This sounds like a sad story. 12mo

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The_Penniless_Author

My Phantoms | Gwendoline Riley

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Glad I listened to the recommendations, because I really enjoyed this one. The writing felt both contemporary and timeless, somehow. The themes are evergreen, I suppose - mother/daughter relationships and the difficulty of truly knowing another person, even someone as central to one's own life as a parent. Riley has a keen eye for detail, and her style is lean and biting in the best possible way.

The_Penniless_Author @Yuki_Onna I'm going to say this counts for #6 for the #tprc, since the MC drinks quite a bit of coffee. ☕️😋 12mo

Aimeesue Nice review! 12mo

Yuki_Onna It totally does! 👏🧐😊 12mo

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Vansa

My Phantoms | Gwendoline Riley

#WONDROUSWEDNESDAY @eggs
1.No,my name was picked because my parents wanted an unusual name!Which means it's constantly mispronounced,I don't mind that though.
2.No siblings
3.These 2 amazing books by very underrated writers and tagged book, who should be as famous as John Updike and Philip ROth but aren't.

Bookbuyingaddict Two excellent 👌 books just finished the camomile lawn and loved 🥰 it . Enjoy ☺️ 14mo

Eggs It‘s a beautiful name🩷 Thanks for playing🥳 14mo

Vansa @Karons1 it's really good, right? And I hadn't even heard of it. It should be more famous, specially now, when everyone thinks polyamory has just been discovered-people were trying out alternative lifestyles and partner choices since human beings probably invented marriage! 14mo

Bookbuyingaddict So true 😆but it does seem at one point everyone is jumping into bed 🛌 together , maybe we all did when we were young 😆 anyway in times of war it was well noted - read to bed with grand music a fantastic Persephone book 📖 😀 14mo

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