Things I Want My Daughters To Know

Author: Elizabeth Noble

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  • : $6.50 AUD
  • : 9780141030012
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : November 2008
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Elizabeth Noble
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780141030012
9780141030012

Description

'My beautiful girls. If you've read this, you'll know it contains some - not all, but some - of the things I want my daughters to know. And the greatest of these is love ...' How would you say goodbye to those you love most in the world? Barbara must say a final farewell to her four daughters. But how can she find the words? And how can she leave them when they each have so much growing up to do? There's commitment-phobic Lisa. Brittle, unhappily married Jennifer. Free-spirited traveller Amanda. And teenage Hannah, stumbling her way towards adulthood. Barbara's answer is to write each daughter a letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams and secrets she couldn't always voice. These words will touch the girls in different - sometimes shocking - ways, unlocking emotions and passions to set them on their own journey of discovery through life.

Awards

Shortlisted for Galaxy British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2009.

Reviews

Witty, affectionate and unashamedly tear-jerking Red Irresistible comfort read Glamour So fluid, the pages turn themselves Daily Mirror

Author description

Elizabeth Noble lives in New York with her husband and two daughters. Her previous novels, The Reading Group, The Tenko Club and Alphabet Weekends were all Sunday Times bestsellers.