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Like Mother, Like Daughter

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Like Mother, Like Daughter

By: Kimberly McCreight
Narrated by: Olivia Campbell, Cassandra Campbell
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER! • From the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia: A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance • "A breathless, shocking thriller." —Jodi Picoult

The past never stays buried for too long, and what you don't know can definitely hurt you.⁠

“Deeply satisfying”—Angie Kim • “Gripping and bingeable."—Ana Reyes • “As suspenseful as it is thought-provoking."—Greer Hendricks


When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened.

But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.

Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo . . .

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it’s a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it’s too late.

©2024 Kimberly McCreight (P)2024 Like Mother, Like Daughter
Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Exciting

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A CBS New York Book Club Pick

“I think you’ll be into it. I love a summer mystery.” —Jenna Bush Hager, the TODAY Show

“A deeply satisfying nail-biter that is, at its heart, a beautiful love story of a mother and a daughter who must dig through each other’s secrets to find true connection and save each other. I couldn’t put it down.” —Angie Kim, international best-selling author of Miracle Creek and Happiness Fallsm

“Gripping and bingeable, Like Mother, Like Daughter revolves around a realistically complex relationship between a mother and her estranged daughter. I rooted for Cleo and Kat as they raced to save each other from menacing exes, a tragic past, and a dangerous present. I had plenty of theories reading it yet the ending caught me totally off guard!” —Ana Reyes, New York Times best-selling author of The House in the Pines

"I am a huge fan of Kimberly McCreight’s books and she has done it again. A gripping thriller that explores the challenging complexities of the mother-daughter relationship and the immense pressure that society puts on mothers to do and be all things, Like Mother, Like Daughter is as suspenseful as it is thought-provoking. I couldn’t put it down."—Greer Hendricks, best-selling co-author of The Wife Between Us

Unpredictable Twists • Compelling Backstory • Brilliant Voice Acting • Relatable Trauma Portrayal • Engaging Plot
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An incredibly moving and well told story. The reader did a great job bringing each character to life

Excellent!

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Don’t miss this one. It was excellent and hard to figure out what happened. Must read.

Great book!

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The story was ok but I found myself having a hard time getting into it mainly because of the person performing Cleo’s chapters. She made Cleo sound much younger and whinier than she was supposed to be and didn’t change the influx in her voice much between characters to differentiate them. I felt like it hurt the story.

Cleo’s narrator fell short

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I have loved all of her books. This was really disappointing… And the narrators voice for the daughter was terrible. Super annoying. Ended up listening at a 1.8 just to finish.

Disappointing

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I am pleasantly suprised to find a first rate novel after a series of mediocre ones. A great plot, interesting characters, including minor ones, a plot that hung together very well, kept my attention, had terrific plot twists, was believable, well paced, all in all a great novel. Even a good narrator. You won't be disappointed.

Excellent. You won't be disappointed!

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Cassandra Campbell is always good and performs Katrina well. The problem is with the narrator performing Cleo. She is terrible. Her narration nearly ruins the listen. Same last name… related? The book wasn’t as enjoyable as it should have been and I wish I hadn’t used a credit on it.

Uneven narration - skip this one

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An interesting plot and a fast read. However, some loose ends. No justice or retribution for the despicable men in this story.

Fast paced and a thriller

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There were two (related?) narrators - the older was excellent, the younger was not. When the younger spoke the voice was the exact same for every single character, so much so that I struggled to follow at times. If the book wasn’t as gripping as it was, though it did move a bit slow at times- I would’ve DNF because of the narrator which took away from the story

Good thriller

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Narrator at when reading the legal documents was very boring and took a way the momentum of the story.

How every character really had a part of the story.

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I thought the narrators did an incredible job considering the number of characters and interweaving storylines.

Intriguing story with unexpected twists and turns.

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