LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER BY DAWN GOODWIN
Paperback published by Head of Zeus 9th May 2024
ISBN 9781803283715
Lisa Marco has butted heads with the catty clique of school mums for years, even since her fall out with Christina Valdecchi, the mother of her daughter’s best friend. Christina and her friendship parenting approach never misses a chance to remain Kisa she doesn’t measure up. Lisa’s priority is keeping her daughter safe, even if she fears it’s driving her daughter away. So when Christina and Lisa get the call that every parent dreads, they will have to confront the choices that brought them to this tragedy.
MY REVIEW
Today my biggest shout out is, don’t miss this exciting new novel by Dawn Goodwin.
I have enjoyed every word, every page, and every chapter that is told in each character’s point of view. It’s the best book any reader can possibly buy!
Like Mother Like Daughter is a paperback I couldn’t let go of. The story became increasingly scary for one mother for the love of daughter.
I love how each character came to life, throughout, during a school quiz, where one firmly expects to have a bit of fun and and a laugh, but I could feel the tension ploughing between them all.
A group of good friends, Sally and her husband have twin boys, Carter and Leo. Lena and Owen have a son Kai. But how can two mothers who are best friends, with their daughters who are best friends all fall out? How can everything go so badly wrong?
Lisa Marco has daughters Emma and Lucy, she maybe a bit of a pushy mother in what she thinks is specially in the best interest her daughter Emma.
Christina Valdecchi has a daughter Sophia who is best of friends with Emma ever since they started the same school together.
But when Sophia has Emma over for a sleepover over, a tragedy occurs. Christina has to phone Lisa that there has been an accident and that an ambulance has taken the girls to hospital. Lisa blames Christina for what has happened to her daughter, Emma.
This story is touching, heartbreaking, where it weaves through in how a mother suffers traumatic stress and worry with how a daughter becomes involved in taking drugs, and the real issues a mother wants to know is how her daughter exactly got mixed up with drugs in the first place and who is responsible. The one I must mention is this book is full on with drama and you will be grateful to have read such a rollercoaster story. I personally can see Like Mother Like Daughter, being made into a film.
Thank you so much Head of Zeus for sending me this exciting new novel to read and review and for very kindly offering me to take part in this fabulous blog tour. I have enjoyed every minute of reading this book.
About author Dawn Goodwin
Dawn Goodwin’s career has spanned PR, advertising publishing and healthcare, both in London and Johannesburg. A graduate of the Curtis Brown Creative Writing School. She loves to write about the personalities hiding behind the mask we wear every day, whether beautiful or ugly. What spare time she has is spent chasing good intentions, contemplating how to get away with murder, and immersing herself in fictitious worlds. She lives in London with her husband, two teenage daughters and British bulldogs, Geoffrey and Luna. https://www.instagram.com/dgoodwinauthor https://www.twitter.com/DGoodwinAuthor
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