Letter to My Daughter

Author: George Bishop
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2011
Pages: 176
Rating: Highly Recommend

Synopsis: A fight, ended by a slap, sends Elizabeth out the door of her Baton Rouge home on the eve of her fifteenth birthday. Her mother, Laura, is left to fret and worry—and remember. Wracked with guilt as she awaits Liz’s return, Laura begins a letter to her daughter, hoping to convey “everything I’ve always meant to tell you but never have.” In her painfully candid confession, Laura shares memories of her own troubled adolescence in rural Louisiana, her bittersweet relationship with a boy she loved despite her parents’ disapproval, and a personal tragedy that she can never forget. An absorbing and affirming debut, Letter to My Daughter is a heartwrenching novel of mothers, daughters, and the lessons we all learn when we come of age.

Review: I saw this sitting out on a shelf at the library and the title grabbed me; I guess having two daughters of my own and all. I also found it intriguing that the author is a guy and was writing from a mother's perspective. I thought, "no way is this going to work." I was wrong, and it was so very very good. 

It only took me a couple hours to read this 176 page book, and it proves that a lot can be said in a few short pages. It's a small book that packs a big punch. Highly Recommend.

As a perk, I can check off the category, "a book you can finish in a day" from my 2016 Reading Challenge.