My find for this week is THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS by Randy Susan Meyers. I discovered this book while visiting Gautami's blog, Everything Distills Into Reading. Here's a bit about the book from Publisher's Weekly:This solid novel begins with young Lulu finding her mother dead and her sister wounded at the hands of her alcoholic father, who has failed at killing himself after attacking the family. Meyers traces the following 30 years for Lulu and her sister, Merry, as they are sent to an orphanage, where Lulu turns tough and calculating, searching for a way into an adoptive family. Eventually, Lulu becomes a doctor specializing in the almost old, though her secretiveness about her past causes new rifts to form in her new family. Meanwhile, Merry becomes a victim witness advocate, but her life is stunted; she's dependant on Lulu, drugs and alcohol, and she can't find love because she usually want[s] whoever wants me. In the background, their imprisoned father looms until a crisis that eerily mirrors the past forces Lulu and Merry to confront what happened years ago.
I don't know about you, but I'm am so looking forward to reading this one! What great books did you find this week?
Friday Finds is a great weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.
I recently got this book from Paperbackswap and I'm really looking forward to reading it! It sounds really good!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this book. The subject mattter is dark, but I loved reading about the relationship between the sisters and the different ways they handled a tragic event. Looking forward to your thoughts...
ReplyDeleteThat does look like an engrossing book!
ReplyDeleteThere's been a lot of buzz for this book. Looking forward to reviews!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds right up my literary alley. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhoa. Deep!
ReplyDeleteI found you through Friday Find.
Here is my Friday Find :)
I loved The Murderer's Daughters.
ReplyDeleteHere is my Friday Find: Vanished by R. A. Scotti.
Too funny...I'm at the library right now doing downloads for the computer, checking books, reading blogs, and once I leave this book is going home with me...I requested it a while back!!
ReplyDeleteI've read this - liked it but thought the author could have done more with the subject.
ReplyDeleteI will surely check it out. Great work here!
ReplyDeleteI agree this one sounds fantastic. I've seen it out there and wanted to get it for my eReader but it's too expensive right now so I'm still waiting.
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