#BlogTour-‘My Mother’s Daughter’ by Ann O’Loughlin

About the book…

County Wicklow, Ireland. Margo has just lost her husband Conor and is grieving his passing, unsure how she and her daughter Elsa will survive without him. Then she receives a letter that turns everything she thought she knew on its head. Not only has she lost her husband, but now Margo fears she could lose her daughter as well.

Ohio, United States. Cassie has just split from her husband acrimoniously. Upset and alone she does not know how to move forward. Then her ex-husband demands a paternity test for their daughter Tilly and sorrow turns to anger as Cassie faces the frightening possibility of losing her daughter.

A powerful, moving story of family, resilience and compassion, and how women support each other through the most difficult times.‘My Mother’s Daughter’  takes the issues closest to our hearts and makes us ask ourselves the most difficult questions – what would we do in Margo and Cassie’s place?

This is a brilliant book for fans of Jodi Picoult or Susan Lewis who get right to the heart of matters which affect our lives-in their shoes, would you do the same?

The actions of one man, in America,who intends on making a divorce as nasty and bitter as possible b y demanding a paternity test, has ripples across the Atlantic affecting another family which has been decimated by grief.

The impossible situation becomes a fight to be a mother for both Margo and Cassie.

Ann O’Loughlin superbly creates 2 very different worlds which are literally, and figuratively, miles away in terms of lifestyle and content which are very believable. She does not judge the decisions that each woman makes, she lays their stories out for the reader to expereince and ask these questions of themselves. It is uplifting and heartwarming in the depiction of the lengths that mothers will go to for their children’s sake and honestly, I am not easily moved to tears-literally my husband has taken to calling me Lady Stoneheart!-but this bookblogger needed mansize tissues before the end.

Thoroughly recommended for anyone who loves strong family stories and heartfelt reads.

My thanks, as always to the author, the team at Orion and Tracy Fenton for the tour invite.

About the author…

A leading journalist in Ireland , Ann O’Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. Ann spent most of her career with Independent Newspapers and is now a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner newspaper.

Ann has also lived in India. Originally from the west of Ireland she now lives on the east coast with her husband and two children. ‘The Judge’s House’ was shortlisted in the Epic Romantic Novel category of the 2017 RoNA awards. ‘‘The Ballroom Cafe’ and ‘The Judge’s Wife’ were both bestsellers for several weeks in Ireland.

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