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Before She Was Mine (2012)

by Kate Long(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1847377556 (ISBN13: 9781847377555)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

review 1: This is my introduction to Kate Long's writing and I am keen to next read The bad mother's handbook. Loved the voice of narrator Freya and how this cleverly interweaved with Liv's diary and the social worker's notes on Melody (Freya's birth mother). I confess to reading this all virtually in one sitting, spending a wonderful Sunday afternoon immersed in the characters' lives.Freya bounces back and forth between her birth mother and her the woman who adopted her trying to find her own direction in life. Both her mothers have problems to overcome in their lives and these are sensitively handled by the author. Freya is portrayed realistically as a introverted, security seeking young woman scared to venture out of her comfort zone. Thankfully there is satisfactory resolution t... moreo all the story strands and Freya finally realises what the reader has sussed long ago, that love was right under her nose.A terrific read: funny, emotional and full of heart.
review 2: It's a book not only about mother-daughter relationship. It's about all aspects of a woman's life - dating, getting married, choosing partners, being oneself, parenting, facing illness, pursuing dreams ... etc. It's a stew of everything essential and whoever is female will surely identify with the book somewhere. The story is touching in many places and funny in some. The characters are believable and close-to-life. What I find odd, perhaps, is the ending - is a complete twist to what happens earlier in the story when Frey is busy juggling between her two mothers. less

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