Night Boat to Tangier has quite a lot to say about a relationship between a father and his daughter. On its face, you might even think that’s all that about. But in its beating heart, it’s about a mother’s determination to protect her daughter from her father’s weaknesses and bad decisions. And in the end, it’s a mother’s wisdom – and a daughter’s trust in it – that saves her life.

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First of all pay attention to the smaller print on the title. Unlike the bold prints imply, this book doesn't really focus on Mothers and Daughters of the Bible.Bernadette Fox is a bit of a mad genius; she’s a talented architect, quirky and opinionated, a misfit among the other moms in her Seattle suburb but best friend to her teenage daughter Bee. She’s also so intensely agoraphobic that she pays a virtual assistant in India to handle even her most basic errands, making an impending family trip to Antarctica only, you know, slightly problematic. When Bernadette suddenly goes missing, Bee sets out to figure out where her mother could have gone. She begins to unravel the complicated workings of her mother’s brilliantly misunderstood mind. Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett Mothers and Daughters follows Mum Naomi, her two grown up daughters Martha and Willow, and their partners. Martha and Willow are completely different from each other. Will their differences separate them or can they come together when they need each other most?

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As she and her best friend study for the Baccalaureate exams that will determine their futures, Margot is seduced by a journalist and her husband into sharing the secrets of her family life. When the story goes public, a string of events that no one could have expected unfolds. And it becomes essential to understand exactly what family, parenthood, loyalty and devotion really mean. She searched his face, open and sweet, he has such a sweet face, she thought. She reached up and touched his mouth with one ungloved hand. Jenna Metcalfe has been searching for her mother for years since her mysterious disappearance; she simply vanished in the wake of a tragic accident at the elephant sanctuary where she’d been studying the majestic creatures. Jenna doesn’t believe for one second that her mother would choose to abandon her. She hires a psychic and a private detective to try and piece together what really happened. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout At first, Astrid looked up to her intelligent and beautiful mother, but when Ingrid is convicted of murder and sent to prison, everything changes for her. She is placed in foster care, where she must adapt to a new environment and learn new rules at each new residence. Oprah Winfrey chose White Oleanderas as a book club option and narrated the audio CD because of Astrid's commitment to learn to live motherless. No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life by Jill Savage The Mothers, the acclaimed author’s debut novel, is stunning in its ability to evoke the realities of a young woman’s life when she is just on the cusp of becoming an independent woman. And it tops the list of our take on the best fiction about mothers and daughters.

Martha is the eldest daughter happily married to Tom she has a fabulous job, she is organized and always in control of her life, she is very much like her father. She and Tom are trying for a baby but things are not going as Martha planned and this is causing a little stress for her.

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Unbeknown to her daughters, Naomi has recently met a Ellis an old love from her past. He has awakened feelings and companionship which Naomi had forgotten about. Should Naomi take a chance on a new beginning ? What will her daughters feel about her having her own life? I received a copy of Mothers and Daughters from NetGalley and Harlequin Australia in exchange for an honest review, this is the first book I have read by Erica James, and it won’t be my last and five stars from me. Ruth and Naomi - I'd not thought about the fact that Ruth didn't just take Naomi as her mother, but took on Naomi's God, to be her own. So beautiful! Vanessa is a writer, reader and generally bookish Latina from San Diego. If loving Agatha Christie is wrong, she doesn't want to be right. Vanessa’s penchant for books, travel and tea is rivaled only by her serious addictions to milk, avocado and floral lattes. When not reading books or selling them, she can be found blogging, working on her first novel or cozying up at a library.Naomi's daughters are like chalk and cheese . Martha the eldest daughter is sensible and determined. Willow the youngest daughter is very easy-going and full of fun. I don’t often come across a book in which I find so many of the characters empathetic. At the same time, the situations rang true to life and I could imagine my sisters, or my daughters reacting similarly. As the story developed, I grew to like the characters more and more. I could not foresee how the story would progress and liked how the narrative shifted mostly between the three women. It was a lovely family drama that rests on the importance of communication and this evolves over the story. At the beginning, there is a lot of distance between the family but by the closing, events have occurred that makes them even stronger as a family unit.