Someone Not Really Her Mother
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Amazon Editorial Review:
A Good Morning America "Read This" Book Club pick
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle
How well do we ever know the people we love? Chessman examines this question in three generations of women in a contemporary Connecticut family. As dementia overtakes Hannah Pearl, she slips backward in memory to her escape from France in 1940; boarding the ferry with her heavy bags; the whistle of bombs raining down on London; the family she left behind. Her daughter Miranda, distraught by Hannah’s fading lucidity and sudden switch to her childhood French, tries desperately to hold her in the present. Fiona, a new mother and the older of Hannah’s two granddaughters, ignores the ghosts of her grandmother’s past, while her sister, fiery Ida, seeks to delve into Hannah’s story, eventually returning to France to find the roots of her grandmother’s life—and her own.
Looks very interesting.
A Good Morning America "Read This" Book Club pick
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle
How well do we ever know the people we love? Chessman examines this question in three generations of women in a contemporary Connecticut family. As dementia overtakes Hannah Pearl, she slips backward in memory to her escape from France in 1940; boarding the ferry with her heavy bags; the whistle of bombs raining down on London; the family she left behind. Her daughter Miranda, distraught by Hannah’s fading lucidity and sudden switch to her childhood French, tries desperately to hold her in the present. Fiona, a new mother and the older of Hannah’s two granddaughters, ignores the ghosts of her grandmother’s past, while her sister, fiery Ida, seeks to delve into Hannah’s story, eventually returning to France to find the roots of her grandmother’s life—and her own.
Looks very interesting.
Somehow, this book didn't look too exciting to me. It was very thin and the cover didn't appeal. But, I wanted to read it for one of my VBBs. I was very pleasantly surprised! It is a beautifully written book that even got me thinking of my own family history. I would highly recommend it.
