This is an odd request, but- any books written from a female’s POV, who has a bad relationship with her mum, but is happy/ successful?
This is an odd request, but- any books written from a female’s POV, who has a bad relationship with her mum, but is happy/ successful?
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@Erinn me too
@Emily same
It is fantasy, but circe touches on it a little bit.
Just finished Circe and it was fab 😀
@Sophie me too!
Disobedience by naomi alderman deals with parental issues
Hadn’t heard of this- I enjoyed The Power, though! I’ll give it a look
Glass Castle
Flowers in the Attic? ???
Well, I guess maybe Petals on the Wind or If There be Thorns, but you have to start at the beginning. ?
@Michelle ?
Sounds like the plot of Eleanor Oliphant!
I read this last week- and live in Glasgow, so that was fun!- and it’s one of my all-time favourites immediately
No but I can tell you my life story xD
Sonia Ibello haha same dudette, same ?
My primary reason for asking this was to gain some hope for my own life ? good to know real examples exist!
@Sonia me too !!!
Queenie—she’s not happy or successful the entire book but she does learn how to work on her problems including her relationship with her mother, and it’s a hopeful and I found cathartic book
dumplin?
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty!
The Optimists Guide to Letting Go
How old are you ? I am married 2 kids college educated…. and still trying to prove it ?
25, about to graduate. I feel like so often plots include absent mothers or best friend mums but rarely someone who actively dislikes and is disliked.
Sarah dessen books
Little Fires Everywhere
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Big girl by Danielle Steel. Amazing book.
Sally Rooney’s Normal People, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, and Min Jin Lee’s Free Food for Millionaires.
Another Danielle Steel “The Award” but it’s the daughter who’s nasty.