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Brilliance Publishing

Annotation: "Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris - Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family anchor. But that pe

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 2

Catalog Number: #599164

Format: Paperback

Special Formats: Adult Language

Mature Content

Publisher: Brilliance Publishing

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 12/10/19

Pages: 354 pages

ISBN: 1-542-01642-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-542-01642-1

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2020275100

Dimensions: 21 cm

Subject Heading:
Mothers and daughters. Fiction.
Families. Fiction.
Secrecy. Fiction.
Life change events. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Betrayals, secrets, and shifting family loyalties keep the pages turning in this excellent contemporary from Hoover (All Your Perfects). Morgan Grant-s relationship with her 16-year-old daughter, Clara, is precarious. Clara, weary of her mother-s overprotective tendencies, relies on her Aunt Jenny as a confidant. When both Jenny and Morgan-s husband, Chris, die in a car crash, things become even more strained between the mother and daughter, as a confused and grieving Morgan contends with the discovery of a betrayal by Chris while trying to prevent Clara from learning the truth about her father and fighting feelings for Jenny-s baby daddy. Flashbacks to Morgan as a teenager reveal parallels between her and her daughter, adding depth to their relationship. Hoover expertly conveys complex character dynamics while avoiding sappiness and finding room for insight and love in the midst of tragedy. Though there is a romance, the real love story here is between Morgan and Clara. This is Hoover at her very best. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich Agency. (Dec.)

ALA Booklist (Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

There is plenty of trademark Hoover (All Your Perfects, 2018) emotion and surprises in this engrossing read. Morgan Grant married her high-school sweetheart, Chris, after she got pregnant. Her sister, Jenny, was dating Jonah at the time. Seventeen years later, Jonah returns to marry Jenny and help raise their new baby. Meanwhile, Morgan and Chris' 16-year-old daughter, Clara, is negotiating a crush on the mysterious Miller Adams. Her father doesn't want her to keep seeing Miller, and Clara calls on her Aunt Jenny for advice. A tragic accident reveals long-held secrets and questions about who should have ended up with whom after high school. Morgan faces feelings about herself and Jonah that she had buried and re-evaluates what she wants for her daughter. Clara struggles with her anger towards her mother and the other adults in her life who seem always to disappoint her. This twisting novel will instigate excellent book discussions about regrets and second chances. Nicholas Sparks fans who have not yet discovered Hoover may enjoy this one.

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
ALA Booklist (Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Word Count: 107,451

Reading Level: 4.5

Interest Level: 9+

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.5 / points: 16.0 / quiz: 518723 / grade: Upper Grades

The #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller that People Magazine calls "a poignant, addictive read." From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters. Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris--Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she's been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.

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