
The Favorite Daughter
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Narrated by:
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Kathleen McInerney
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By:
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Kaira Rouda
“Will hit you right in the heart” (Bustle)
A PopSugar Best Book of Spring!
“An exceptional psychological thriller.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Compulsively readable and deeply satisfying psychological suspense.” (Christina Alger, USA Today best-selling author of The Banker’s Wife)
“Leaves you wanting more.” (Liv Constantine, author of the national best seller The Last Mrs. Parrish)
From the author of Best Day Ever, another gripping novel of psychological suspense set in an upscale Southern California community, for fans of B.A. Paris and Shari Lapena.
The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect lie.
Jane Harris lives in a sparkling home in an oceanfront gated community in Orange County. It’s a place that seems too beautiful to be touched by sadness. But exactly one year ago, Jane’s oldest daughter, Mary, died in a tragic accident, and Jane has been grief-stricken ever since. Lost in a haze of antidepressants, she’s barely even left the house. Now, that’s all about to change.
It’s time for Jane to reclaim her life and her family. Jane’s husband, David, has planned a memorial service for Mary, and three days later, their youngest daughter, Betsy, graduates high school. Yet as Jane reemerges into the world, it’s clear her family has changed without her. Her husband has been working long days - and nights - at the office. Her daughter seems distant, even secretive. And her beloved Mary was always such a good girl - dutiful and loving. But does someone know more about Mary, and about her last day, than they’ve revealed?
The bonds between mothers and daughters and husbands and wives should never be broken. But you never know how far someone will go to keep a family together....
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Deliciously delusional character and fantastic narration!
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Meh. It was ok.
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the perspective of a psycho
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Too obvious to be believable
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I don’t think I’ve hated a character more..
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This is about a family who has just had one of the two teenaged daughters die. The cause isn’t said beyond a cliff being involved in the beginning (not finished yet but several hours in now & having Thoughts), but it’s clearly had an impact on family dynamics.
The story itself is told from the perspective of the mother who clearly suffers delusions of some sort & is an unreliable narrator on EVERY single aspect of the family. She is unlikeable and I find myself wondering how someone like her could trick someone into marrying her & staying married for at least 20 years, and how anyone who has to be around her didn’t already go to prison for at least attempted murder but as usual with most disorders of empathy, she was wearing a completely different personality from her true one until the daughter, Mary, went to university.
Then, the mask started to slip and as she admits freely, “my true self made herself known, she’d just been in hiding these past years.” I’ve met too many people like this for it all to seem too extreme & I almost returned it because memories popped up but the writing & narrating is so good, I kept reading & I am so glad that I did.
5/5 stars.
Excellent psychological thriller
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Good but ...
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loved every minute of it! couldn't stop listening!
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very different.
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Good story
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