NEW RELEASE
Daughters - Elizabeth Buchan (2012)
Lara's former husband, Bill, announces he is getting remarried - months before his daughter Eve's much-anticipated nuptials. And his bride-to-be Sarah wants Eve's reception to be held at her newly inherited country pile. Therapist Lara, who has brought up Eve and her sister Jasmine, isn't so willing to give up her influence over the girls. But when she realises going ahead with the wedding may not be the best thing for Eve, she hesitates about interfering. Meanwhile her own daughter Maudie surprises the family by making a decision about her future that will take her far away from them. This is a beautiful story about how a mother never really loosens the apron strings as her nest empties.
Daughters, by Elizabeth Buchan, is about a woman who fears her daughters are about to make the biggest mistakes of their lives. The summary says: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that all mothers want to see their daughters happily settled. But for Lara, mother to Maudie and stepmother to Jasmine and Eve, realising this ambition has not been easy. With an ex-husband embarking on a new marriage, and the surprising and late blooming developments in her own love life to contend with, Lara has enough to worry about, especially with Eve's upcoming wedding. And when she begins to fear that Eve is marrying a man who will only make her unhappy, and Maudie reveals something that shocks the entire family, Lara faces the ultimate dilemma. Does she step in and risk the wrath of her daughters? Or does she stand by and watch them both make what she fears will be the biggest mistakes of their lives?" Daughters is out in March.