Like Mother, Like Daughter
by Bel Mooney (editor)
This splendid book of short stories will please many daughters and their mothers too. Bel Mooney has chosen wisely. The stories capture several different aspects of the mother/daughter relationship and not a few will make the reader pause to consider before reading on.
Adele Geras kicks off the collection with the unveiling of a family secret, something she does so well. Caroline Pitcher writes of loss with great sensitivity and Jenny Land's story brought to mind Seamus Heaney's great little poem Postscript with her evocative descriptions. Julia Jarman's funny, almost tragic story made me smile and then pause to think again.
But the story that spoke most directly to me was Sing by Linda Newbery. It captures the misunderstandings that can happen between people who are close. And it reveals a secret so charmingly told that it turns what could have been a sordid tale into a magical happening, connecting the past with the present by a fragile, golden thread.
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