In her compelling second novel, Emmons, the acclaimed author of "Prayers and Lies," focuses on the unbreakable tie between a daughter and her often...
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Jan 30, 2012
Amanda
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First Impressions: I found out about The Sometimes Daughter from a publicist at Kensington Publishing who told me it was a story about hippies. Sweet! I love hippies! Of course I said yes when I was asked to review this book. I would never turn down a book that features a hippie! More so, I really thought the plot line was intriguing: Woodstock birth, crazy hippie mother, drugs, sex. Yep, count me in! This book techni More...
First Impressions: I found out about The Sometimes Daughter from a publicist at Kensington Publishing who told me it was a story about hippies. Sweet! I love hippies! Of course I said yes when I was asked to review this book. I would never turn down a book that features a hippie! More so, I really thought the plot line was intriguing: Woodstock birth, crazy hippie mother, drugs, sex. Yep, count me in! This book techni More...
Jan 08, 2012
Judy
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The setting of this book starts out in 1969 at Woodstock . This story is about a relationship between a mother and daughter. The main character was named Sweet Judy Blue Eyes by her mama. Cassie, Judy’s mother, is quite flighty and doesn’t have a problem with starting new relationships before old ones are finished.
Kirk, Judy’s father, is the only stable person in Judy’s life. Cassie flits in and out of Judy’s life throughout this book. Judy aches to have a relationship with Cassie but Cas More...
Kirk, Judy’s father, is the only stable person in Judy’s life. Cassie flits in and out of Judy’s life throughout this book. Judy aches to have a relationship with Cassie but Cas More...
Jan 11, 2012
Julie
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The Sometimes Daughter by Sherri Wood Emmons
Story is about a little girl, born at Woodstock and her parents
raised her close by her fathers parents. There were main events that
took place that even I recall that occurred and the mother, Cassie was
involved in directly. Cassie has done a lot of drugs and has lived
in communes and the girl lives mostly with her father when the mother
returns. The girl has had a hard life making friends and they also
make fun of h More...
Jan 03, 2012
Lizzander
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I read this book in a day!
Sometimes bad things happen to good people...but at some point we have to take responsibility for our own actions. How we react to these things are up to us. I was extremely sad about how everyone made excuses for Cassie's choices and behavior. The choices we make affect so many others...not just ourselves. Thank goodness Judy had a wonderful family who loved and supported her. Treva taught Judy this principle when her own mother could not. Krik is a very loving an More...
Sometimes bad things happen to good people...but at some point we have to take responsibility for our own actions. How we react to these things are up to us. I was extremely sad about how everyone made excuses for Cassie's choices and behavior. The choices we make affect so many others...not just ourselves. Thank goodness Judy had a wonderful family who loved and supported her. Treva taught Judy this principle when her own mother could not. Krik is a very loving an More...
Feb 14, 2012
Brian
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This book was a good, enjoyable, but not amazing read. It is about a girl who grows up with a mother who is a hippie. "Sweet Judy" is named after her mother Cassie's favorite song at Woodstuck by Simon and Garfunkle. Cassie is an irresponsible, free thinking woman who had a child too young, and as a result, Judy had to suffer through her mother's odd behavior, and her tendendancy to depart. The thing about this book that I didn't really love was the fact that it was written extremel
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Jan 02, 2012
Katherine
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I was lucky to receive an advance copy of Sherri Wood Emmons' second novel from the author; we are acquaintances, as I wrote a couple articles for her when she edited the sadly defunct Disciples World.
I probably read this far too quickly for review purposes, but I couldn't put it down. I've had little patience for novels that aren't engrossing lately - no problem here. The book's central story is about the relationship between Judy (given name: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes) and her mother, More...
I probably read this far too quickly for review purposes, but I couldn't put it down. I've had little patience for novels that aren't engrossing lately - no problem here. The book's central story is about the relationship between Judy (given name: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes) and her mother, More...
Feb 19, 2012
Katie
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A sweet amd memorable novel about "Sweet Judy", born at Woodstock to her hippee mother, whose parenting styles were less than stellar. Judy struggled with dealing with her mother's shelfish motives her entired life while trying to figure out who she was away from her mother's influence. I also enjoyed reading the historical references through the novel and how they overlapped and added to the plot line.
I would love to read a novel about Judy when she is a mother in the fu More...
I would love to read a novel about Judy when she is a mother in the fu More...
Nov 20, 2011
RD
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The author's debut novel Prayers and Lies was one of my favorite books of 2011.
Fans of Jennifer Egan's debut novel The Invisible Circus will enjoy The Sometimes Daughter.
Fans of Jennifer Egan's debut novel The Invisible Circus will enjoy The Sometimes Daughter.
Feb 17, 2012
Loonysuse
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I thought Emmon's first book was a five star debut. The second book was not as deep, not as intricate. Cassie reminded me of Jenny of Forrest Gump...obviously not mom material, but I thought SOME of her politics made sense. I liked Kirk, Grandma, and Cassie's Dad the best. I didn't think daughter Judy was a very memorable character, not much to her except that her mom was a flake. Boyfriend Matt was more interesting...maybe book three could be about him. The thing that bothered me the most
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