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Sto caricando le informazioni... Like Mother, Like Daughterdi Kimberly McCreight
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"From the New York Times best-selling author of Reconstructing Amelia, a gripping, moving novel about a daughter racing to uncover the truth about her mother in the wake of her disappearance. When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose "out of control" emotions and "unsafe" behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks. Kat has been lying. She's not just a lawyer; she's her firm's fixer. She's damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up to her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that's far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past - all of which she's kept hidden from Cleo . . . Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it's a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it's too late"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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At her mother’s behest, Cleo reluctantly heads for Brooklyn to see her mother, Katrina. When she arrives, no one comes to the door. Cleo discovers the door is open and heads inside where she finds a pot burning on the stove, charred something that might have once been chicken in the oven. Calling for her mom, she tends to all the burned food and shuts off the smoke alarm.
Then she discovers one of her mother’s shoes under the edge of the sofa, smeared with something. Looking around, she sees broken glass on the kitchen floor . . . and blood. She realizes it the shoe is also smeared with blood.
What has happened to Kat? And what doesn’t Cleo know about her mother?
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Told from both Cleo’s and Katrina’s points of view, the unfolding story slowly reveals the secrets both women have kept as readers learn more about their relationships. Alternating between past and present, the narrative slowly fills in the backstory, giving readers a clearer understanding of how their mother/daughter relationship deteriorated.
Interspersed throughout the narrative are snippets of a court case involving a pharmaceutical company that, like the two women, is holding its own secrets. All of these plot points work together to ramp up the suspense, keeping readers guessing as the tension grows and the plot twists and turns in unexpected ways.
With complex, yet believable [although not always likable] characters, readers who enjoy thrillers with a familial twist will find much to appreciate here as the story keeps readers guessing until the unexpected denouement finally reveals the truths.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book from Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, Knopf and NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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