Book: All My Mothers

 Book: All My Mothers

Author: Joanna Glen

Pages: 480

This is my 197th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Story of one girl's journey to find her birth mother, and her realisation that mothers - and family - can be discovered in the most unexpected of places.  London, 1980s.  Though she has a comfortable, privileged life, Eva Martinez-Green is deeply unhappy.  The only child of an emotionally absent mother and a physically absent father, Eva has grown up in a cold, unloving house.  But Eva is convinced that all is notas it seems.  Why are there no baby pictures of her?  Why do her parents avoid all questions about her early years?  When her parent's relationship crumbles, Eva begins looking for a different, better life: a proper family, a perfect mother, and importantly, real love.  Her desire to find where she belongs leads Eva on a journey spanning years and continents - and, along the way, she meets women who challenge her idea of what a mother should be, and who will change her life forever.  

This was a good book.  I wasn't sure about it at first - the main character is obsessive about her past, but it smooths out and starts to flow well.  I like the pace of the book.  This was a complaint by a few people in the comments on Amazon, but honestly - I felt like it spanned a lot of years at a really good pace.  No overwiting just to make the book longer felt right for this one.

Stars: 4