Overview
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After decades of feeling she was a disappointment as a daughter, Abby is beginning to see that her mother, too, has struggled to feel a sense of belonging within the Brodie family. Celeste, Abbyās self-centered sister, is far from the successful actress she pretends to be, and needs help that only Abby and their half-brother, Joseph, can give. But most surprising of all is the secret that Grandmother Brodie has been carryingāone that will make each woman question her identity and the sacrifices sheās willing to make to gain acceptance.
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With her trademark emotional honesty and insight, Colleen Faulkner lays bare the challenges at the heart of a familyālearning how to forgive, connect, and let ourselves be truly known at last.
Praise for the novels of Colleen Faulkner
AS CLOSE AS SISTERS
āAs Close as Sisters shares the emotions of four very different women and their personal journeys through heartbreak, hope, and joy. Faulkner addresses serious topics that will evoke both tears and laughter while leaving readers contemplating the unbreakable bonds of friendship.ā --Booklist
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āReaders of womenās fiction and in womenās book groups will be drawn to Faulknerās new novel. Pour a glass of pinot grigio, grab a box of tissues, and savor the ride.ā āLibrary Journal
JUST LIKE OTHER DAUGHTERS
āThis deeply moving story of maternal love and renewal will touch your heart. Itās a celebration of the capacity of the human heart to heal itself and embrace change, beautifully written with rare insight.ā āSusan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author
āBe prepared to weep tears of sorrow as well as tears of joy. This is a novel you wonāt soon forget.ā āHolly Chamberlin, author of Summer with my Sisters
āSo real, so honestā¦I laughed, I hoped, I cried. Itās that good.ā āCathy Lamb, author of My Very Best Friend
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