Author: Abbi Waxman
Published: June 16th 2020 by Berkley Books
Format: eBook, Paperback, 352 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
I love the humor, sentimentality, and relationships that come from the storytelling of Abbi Waxman. She pulls no punches and takes the reader into the heady world of parenting, friendships, communities, and the cruelties of hormones. When it comes to raising daughters, there are the golden years and the tumultuous ages where neither parent nor child will think they will get through it. As you begin to wonder if all hope is lost, there are those few sparks that help you to see through the dark and hope reins again; this is where Abbi Waxman is taking the reader, one minefield at a time.
We find Jessica and her sixteen-year-old daughter Emily as they embark on a college tour of East Coast Universities surrounded by overachieving students and dominating parents. Emily isn’t sure that college is for her, there are too many stumbling blocks and realities that lawyer mom Jessica never had to encounter. Times have changed, but still, a mother wants the full spectrum of choices for her child. As mom and daughter enter this new battleground, they learn about each other in ways they never thought possible. All the while, each must tread lightly before they destroy what is most important to them both.
A laugh out loud grab a tissue type of book for those who have survived this battle. A book that reminds us of those years and only now realizes that it never gets easier. There is always something around the bend. Next up for those still in the trenches and keeping track, being a parent to an adult child. Those years of watching them journey into adulthood and knowing when, as a parent, to speak up and when to shut up.
We find Jessica and her sixteen-year-old daughter Emily as they embark on a college tour of East Coast Universities surrounded by overachieving students and dominating parents. Emily isn’t sure that college is for her, there are too many stumbling blocks and realities that lawyer mom Jessica never had to encounter. Times have changed, but still, a mother wants the full spectrum of choices for her child. As mom and daughter enter this new battleground, they learn about each other in ways they never thought possible. All the while, each must tread lightly before they destroy what is most important to them both.
A laugh out loud grab a tissue type of book for those who have survived this battle. A book that reminds us of those years and only now realizes that it never gets easier. There is always something around the bend. Next up for those still in the trenches and keeping track, being a parent to an adult child. Those years of watching them journey into adulthood and knowing when, as a parent, to speak up and when to shut up.
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