A Mother and Two Daughters
by Gail Godwin
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A portrait of the continued growth of three women following the death of their husband and father.Tags
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life of family Nell, mother recently widowed. 2 daug. Cate + Lydia - good interworking of family relationships!
At the death of Leonard Strickland, beloved Southern gentleman, husband and father, his family is faced with the unknown. Nell always relied on the husband of her youth for security and friendship. Fiercely independent Cate and perfect Lydia have spent their lives vying for the love and approval their father generously gave. And as each woman begins to view her life, her past, and the possibilities of the future with new eyes, each belatedly discovers that life and death are impossible to plan, and that the past that has kept them apart can bring them closer to themselves and one another....
At the death of Leonard Strickland, beloved Southern gentleman, husband and father, his family is faced with the unknown. Nell always relied on the husband of her youth for security and friendship. Fiercely independent Cate and perfect Lydia have spent their lives vying for the love and approval their father generously gave. And as each woman begins to view her life, her past, and the possibilities of the future with new eyes, each belatedly discovers that life and death are impossible to plan, and that the past that has kept them apart can bring them closer to themselves and one another....
Gail Godwin is still a pleasure to read, but this story did not grab my interest like the others.
Loved it. Really great.
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Gail Godwin was born on June 18, 1937, in Birmingham, Ala. and graduated from the University of North Carolina and University of Iowa. Godwin writes about strong women, a perspective she gathered from her own life. After her father abandoned her at an early age, she was raised by her mother and grandmother. Her father eventually returned on the show more day of her high school graduation and she lived with him for a brief period before he ultimately shot and killed himself. Godwin worked as a reporter for The Miami Herald, and later as a travel consultant before achieving her fame as a writer. Godwin's novels are about contemporary women, frequently Southern, who search for meaning in their lives. In Glass People, the heroine is a beautiful woman who learns that her husband is merely obsessed with her beauty and unconcerned about her as a person. Other popular titles include The Odd Woman and The Good Husband. Godwin has been the recipient of several honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Institute and Academy of Arts and Letters. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A Mother and Two Daughters
- Original title
- A Mother and Two Daughters
- Original publication date
- 1982
- Dedication*
- Für Pat
- First words*
- Da sind wir ja wieder alle, dachte Nell Strickland, als sie am Arm ihres Mannes den Raum betrat, in die Party stattfand.
Epilog 1984: Lydia bog von der Autobahn ab auf die Landstrasse, die hinauf nach Big Sandy führte. - Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Allerdings!" stimmte ihre Tochter zu und lachte ebenfalls.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Epilog 1984: Lieber Himmel, dachte Dickie, der zufällig zu seiner Grossmutter hinübersah, als er zu einem Duett mit dem Horn ansetzte, wir haben sie mit unserer Musik in Verzückung versetzt. - Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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