When Nora is injured in an accident, a magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Nora is now a famous radio talk-show host who gives out moral advice while Ruby is a struggling comedian whose cynical humor is fueled by her estranged mother. Ruby’s mother, Nora Bridge, abandoned her and her father years ago. With wit and sensitivity, this novel explores the painful and tender connection between mothers and daughters.
But these women have secrets too, and as each one is slowly revealed, the ties between all the characters become tangled together. Each of the four women has a daughter, and as the years pass, each mother tries to pass on their culture and traditions. They meet frequently, trying to keep their Chinese culture and traditions alive. The Joy Luck Club is made up of four Chinese women who immigrated to San Francisco around the same time.
Covering love, loss, jealousy and all the emotions in between, these are our top picks for mother-daughter relationship books. There is no greater love than that of a mother, and these books we’ve hand-picked encompass all the emotions of a mother-daughter relationship. The mother-daughter relationship can be so very wonderful yet also extremely complex.
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