SuitabookLiving with a Re-invented Mum
Caroline Plaisted
- Reading
- Try reading a little at a time and pause to talk about how the daughter’s feelings shift. You can also ask whether the humour makes the difficult parts easier to approach.
- Themes
- Change within a mother–daughter relationship: The mother seeks self-discovery and reinvention after a life-altering event, while her daughter tries to understand her new identity. The premise foregrounds the challenges of adaptation, but does not establish whether the mother's choices or the daughter's response are endorsed or judged.
- Worth knowing
- The daughter’s confusion and feelings of loss are part of the premise. If family change is currently sensitive for your reader, you might check in as you read.