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Keeping Mum - Emma Hannigan (2012)
This book tells the story of three sets of mothers and daughters. Ava and her daughter Daisy have always shared the same values but Daisy realises that she wants to make big changes in her life much to her mother's dismay. Mia and her daughter Felicity have always had a great relationship, but when Felicity leaves home to go to university and meets an older man, their relationship is tested. Greta and her daughter Tally are total poles apart and have practically no relationship at all. The mothers are faced with challenges as their daughters begin to build their own lives and make decisions that their mothers don't always approve of. All six women meet by chance on a holiday to Spain, which provides them with the opportunity to salvage their relationships. This book is one of the best books I have read all year. It has all the ingredients of a perfect chick lit book. I laughed and I cried and couldn't wait to find out what happened next. (BS)
Keeping Mum, by Emma Hannigan, centres around three mothers and their daughters. The summary says: "The bond between a mother and her daughter is a unique one, a complicated one . . . sometimes it drives both of them crazy. Take Tally, for instance. Her mother Greta named her Tallulah in the hopes that she would grow up to be poised and gorgeous. And every day Tally feels the weight of her disappointment, and the growing distance between them. Meanwhile, Ava and her daughter Daisy couldn't be closer, or more similar. Daisy's life is all mapped out for her and Ava is delighted to see all going to plan . . . until Daisy begins to make some surprising changes. Mia thinks of her daughter as her ally and her friend, so she's heartbroken when Felicity starts university on the other side of the country, leaving Mia with an empty nest. And she's secretly relieved that her daughter is desperately homesick, until suddenly Felicity seems to like her new life in Dublin more than her home in Galway. Tally, Daisy and Felicity are growing up, and stepping out of their mothers's shadows for the first time. But will Mia, Ava and even Greta, be able to let them?" Keeping Mum is out in June.