The characters in All My Mothers are beautifully written, allowing readers to fully immerse themselves in the novel. If you want a beautiful book about motherhood, all the dimensions of it from the POV of a daughter, this is delightful. The innocence of a child who doesn't understand why her mother's negligence and her father's abandonment. The loneliness and deseprate pursuit of validation and love of a teenager, and the understanding and resolution of adulthood. All of these eras painting a beautiufl and deep portrait of motherhood. When her parents’ relationship crumbles, Eva begins a journey to find these answers for herself. Her desire to discover where she belongs leads Eva on a journey spanning decades and continents – and, along the way, she meets women who challenge her idea of what a mother should be, and who will change her life forever…

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All My Mothers follows the fortunes of an only child, Eva, drawn to unravel the mystery of her beginnings after learning that her emotionally distant parents adopted her as an infant. A well-worn setup soon opens into a lively, emotionally intelligent novel, full of wit and wisdom, that spans decades and highlights a diverse cast of women – not all of them literal mothers – whom Eva meets on her odyssey through life, from a Spanish nun to the switched-on mum of her teenage boyfriend.Oh my goodness, I can't explain how much I adored this book. A personal memoir of Eva from age 6ish through to her adult life. A beautifully written narrative takes you on her personal journey to find the truth about her birth and first 5 years of life. The story navigates the relationships between her and her mother figures, searching for her reality. The characters were all so relatable and so heart warming to follow their experiences, highs and lows. Funny in parts, heartbreaking in others. I would recommend it to anyone. Makes you also want to visit Cordoba in Spain. All My Mothers is a powerful story of resilience and identity that highlights the strength of familial bonds. From the author of the Costa shortlisted debut, The Other Half of Augusta Hope, comes the story of one girl’s journey to find her birth mother, and her realisation that mothers – and family – can be discovered in the most unexpected of places… The Lodge by Sue Watson, psychological thriller set in snow-blown Cornwall (Kynance Cove). #Audiobook Why do it, Fiona? Why... It's like the author looses steam the second our protagonist lands in Cordoba, which is an absolute let down after almost half the book knowing this will be the beginning of the Actual Quest.

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From a young age, Eva Martinez-Green feels distanced from her mother, not helped by the fact when she is asked to bring in a baby photo to school, she is told by the woman she suspects is not actually her mother her baby photos were stolen. In fact, the earliest photos they have are when she was three and a half years old. Guided by a book they’re reading at school and her newfound friendship with Bridget Blume, Eva begins her quest to understand her beginnings and where she came from. When ABC journalist Grace Jennings-Edquist posted an image of herself at the beach holding her daughter on social media, she looked every inch the gracious, multi-tasking young mother, woman and wife for whom no request was deserving of a “No”. But it was a fraud. Anyway, I could rant more: about Barney and the romanticism, about how that was dealt with, about Carrie being forgotten although she also is a mother, about many thinhgs. But let me stop here. All My Mothers offers an insightful look into how one's sense of home can be shaped by multiple experiences. Between her emotionally absent mother and her physically absent father, there is nobody to answer them. Eva is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why are there no baby pictures of her? Why do her parents avoid all questions about her early years?All My Mothers (Radio Play): A radio play adaptation of the novel was produced for BBC Radio 4 and released in 2007, starring Bill Nighy as John Marshall and Joanna Lumley as his mother. Stone by stone, seed by seed, they discover that sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it. I found it both a mesmerisingly beautiful portrait of a young woman discovering what home means to her, and a poignant depiction of how our actions can touch other people's lives in ways we could never have anticipated. Augusta and Parfait are wonderful characters; I was willing them on to find the happiness and peace they both deserved' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus Author Joanna Glen's All My Mothers is a rare combination of an incredible plot with an equally, if not more, sublime writing style. Eva’s story unfolds over the next thirty years in London and in Spain. Her parents separate and a tragedy in Bridget’s family sees Bridget and her family move to Israel. Eva feels this loss more keenly as, for a while, she lived with the Blume family and experienced their acceptance and love.

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Absolutely brilliant - quirky, original, funny, moving and wonderfully written. Basically, it's everything I love in a novel; Gavin Extence, author of The Universe Versus Alex Woods Déjenme empezar diciendo que AMÉ este libro. Aunque gran parte de la trama se centra en la maternidad, este libro también celebra la amistad entre mujeres. Sobre todo destaca cuánta historia se puede acumular entre dos personas, a tal punto que se convierten en la familia que elegimos para nosotros mismos. A truly glorious life-affirming book, in which love, hope and friendship trump sorrow’ DINAH JEFFERIES And here we have the disappointment of the year everyone. This one hurts because this was going to be the second best book I read in 2022 after A Certain Hunger. But no.Stop arrêtez tout ! Des fois je lis un livre et je *sais* que je ne lirais pas mieux avant un long moment. C’est le cas avec All My Mothers. J’ai mis 5 étoiles mais en vrai je veux en mettre 6, 8, 12. Je n’ai pas peur de le survendre. J’essaie d’organiser mes pensées. Weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, All My Wild Mothers is a story of re-wilding our wastelands, and the transformation that can happen when we do. In a time of uncertainty, it has something to teach us about resilience, and the power of joyful resistance.