Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World

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Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World

by Claire Fontaine, Mia Fontaine (Goodreads Author)

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A mother, a daughter, and a life-changing adventure around the world . . .

Their bestselling memoir, Come Back, moved and inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing drug addiction and her mother, Claire's, desperate and ultimately successful attempts to save her. Now it's a decade later and Claire and Mia each face a defining moment in her life, and a mothe...more A mother, a daughter, and a life-changing adventure around the world . . .

Their bestselling memoir, Come Back, moved and inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing drug addiction and her mother, Claire's, desperate and ultimately successful attempts to save her. Now it's a decade later and Claire and Mia each face a defining moment in her life, and a mother-daughter relationship that has frayed around the edges. At fifty-one, Claire's shed her identity as Mia's savior but realizes that, oops, she forgot to plan for life after motherhood; Mia, twenty-five and eager to step outside her role as recovery's poster child, finds adult life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Determined to transform themselves and their relationship once again, the pair sets off on a five-month around-the-world adventure.

What awaits them is an extraordinary, often hilarious journey through twenty cities and twelve countries—one that includes mishaps, mayhem, and unexpected joys, from a passport-eating elephant to a calamitous camel ride around the Pyramids—and finally making peace with their tumultuous past in the lavender fields of France, where they live for the last four months of the trip. Seeing how self-possessed and community-minded twentysomethings are in other countries broadens Mia's perspective, helping her grow, and grow up. Claire uses the trip to examine her broken relationship with her own mother, a Holocaust survivor, and to create a vision for her second act. Watching her mom assess half a century of life, Mia comes to know her as Claire has always known Mia—as all mothers know their daughters—better than anyone else, and often better than themselves.

Wiser for what they've learned from women in other cultures, and from each other, they return with a deepened sense of who they are and where they want to go—and with each embracing the mature friendship they've discovered and the profound love they share.

Alternating between Claire and Mia's compelling and distinct voices, Have Mother, Will Travel is a testament to the power and beauty of the mother-daughter relationship, one that illuminates possibilities for our own lives.(less)

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Published July 17th 2012 by William Morrow (first published May 1st 2012)

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Apr 10, 2013 Meg - A Bookish Affair rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, travel, memoir, non-fiction

"Have Mother, Will Travel" is a memoir by (perhaps unsurprisingly) a mother/ daughter duo. When they get a chance to go on a month long Amazing Race- esque trip that will take them to many different countries for a litany of experiences, they dive right in. They think that the trip may help to bring them closer together (and it does). This is the second book by the pair. The first book was called "Come Back," which explored the relationship between Claire and Mia as Mia is sent away to sort of a...more "Have Mother, Will Travel" is a memoir by (perhaps unsurprisingly) a mother/ daughter duo. When they get a chance to go on a month long Amazing Race- esque trip that will take them to many different countries for a litany of experiences, they dive right in. They think that the trip may help to bring them closer together (and it does). This is the second book by the pair. The first book was called "Come Back," which explored the relationship between Claire and Mia as Mia is sent away to sort of a reform school in Europe after being sexual abused and dealing with drugs. I have not read this book and I don't think that you need to in order to enjoy "Have Mother, Will Travel." Although, I do want to read that book now to learn more about Claire and Mia's background. This book takes place about 10 years after "Come Back" and while time has passed, there still seems to be some healing that needed to happen between Claire and Mia

I am a big believer in the idea that you don't really know someone until you try to travel with them. You have a front row seat to learning their style, likes, dislikes, idiosycracies, and all sorts of other things that you may not get to see normally. Now obviously since Claire and Mia are mother and daughter, they already know a lot about each other. I really liked reading about how Claire and Mia deal with each other and their new surroundings. Family connections are always something that has interested me. There are a lot of really interesting and beautiful ruminations on this book on the mother and daughter relationship.

And of course, I loved reading about all of the fabulous places that Claire and Mia visit. I would so love to go on this kind of a vacation (although it is doubtful that I would ever be able to find a month to drop everything and travel the world; a girl can dream though). Claire and Mia get to experience some really amazing things together, which makes their journey just that much more special.

I think this book would be a perfect pick for Mother's Day for anyone that enjoys memoirs and traveling!
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Jul 22, 2012 McGuffy Morris rated it 4 of 5 stars

This mother-daughter pair first became known through their first memoir Come Back. They told their heart-wrenching story of Mia's all-consuming drug addiction, and Claire's dedication to saving her daughter.

Now it is ten years later, and both women want to move beyond what once was, and to refine their relationship and perhaps themselves. Claire and Mia want to have new adventures together and find common ground. They seek to re-establish a real bond with a new meaning.

This memoir tells that sto...more

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Aug 27, 2012 Carolyn Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars

Described as a "five-month around-the-world adventure...through twenty cities and twelve countries", this book was less a geographical journey than an attempt to describe the transformation of the relationship between mother and daughter, Claire and Mia. Both women are facing new challenges and changes in their personal lives and have drifted apart, but as they spend the summer together they begin to understand and appreciate each other in a whole new way. At times intensely personal, occasional...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Donna rated it 4 of 5 stars

The complex relationship between a mother and daughter is discussed at length from the side of each of them. While taking a four month trip to various countries in Europe, these women share more than just an adventure. Mom learns as much about herself and her relationship with her own mother as she does about what's inside her own daughter's head and heart. They learn together, that this maternal/child relationship is much the same in every country they visit. Both come back vowing to make some...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Suzzanne Kelley rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mom and daughter tell a pretty good tale, each taking turns with the narrative. The daughter's turn is always in italics, which is a little hard to read at first, but you get used to it. I only read the first half, which has some hilarious and some heartbreaking moments. The two women decide to travel together after a harrowing experience of child abuse and teen travails that led to the daughter being prescribed pretty harsh treatment for recovery. You read all about that in their first book.

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Apr 11, 2013 Meg rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2013, sent-for-review, memoir, non-fiction

Claire and Mia Fontaine's Have Mother, Will Travel is a unique blend of memoir that both excites with its armchair travel opportunities and entices with its insights on the complicated, beautiful and challenging relationships between families. The women take turns narrating, each with a distinct voice and focus, we’re frequently treated to the “two sides to every story” lens as Mia and Claire discuss traveling, the past and their future.

What I loved most about the book — aside from, you know, th...more Claire and Mia Fontaine's Have Mother, Will Travel is a unique blend of memoir that both excites with its armchair travel opportunities and entices with its insights on the complicated, beautiful and challenging relationships between families. The women take turns narrating, each with a distinct voice and focus, we’re frequently treated to the “two sides to every story” lens as Mia and Claire discuss traveling, the past and their future.

What I loved most about the book — aside from, you know, the tantalizing descriptions of locales like Cairo and Athens — was how seamlessly the women shift from talking about their relationship to exploring the relationships all women share. As much an exploration of motherhood as a travel memoir, Have Mother, Will Travel offers so much food for thought regarding women’s roles in other nations, our perceptions as Americans (and what it means to be American) and the underlying responsibility humans have to one another.

I looked forward to their insights as women abroad as much as their discussions of their personal relationship, though both were fascinating. While reading Come Back isn’t necessary to get the full breadth of Have Mother, Will Travel, I could see where really getting the pair’s back story would help to appreciate just how far they’ve come — and how far they have to go. Still, an introduction in this book helps set the stage for the ladies’ around-the-world adventure; I thought it was very well done. I felt dropped into the story without getting smacked over the head with too much telling, not enough showing.

And the story itself? It was interesting. Uplifting, different. Well-paced and well-researched, the Fontaines obviously spent a great deal of time reliving their experiences and expanding on them with local history. I loved the blend of fact and emotion — the swirl of Claire and Mia’s personal dynamics amidst the warm stone of Cairo’s ancient pyramids and the fragrant fields of Avignon. Claire often details their interactions with natives, too, and I loved the little stories of the people they met in remote locales.

If you love armchair travel and discussions of the tender but steadfast love fused by motherhood? Well, the Fontaines are ready to let you in. Have Mother, Will Travel was an engrossing read that delved deeper than I expected from the (pretty!) cover, and it’s one I would easily recommend to memoir lovers looking for some international flavor.(less)

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Jun 09, 2013 Roxanne Palicka is currently reading it

Shelves: listened-to-audiobook

I'm loving this book so far! This morning while making a potluck dish and cleaning up the kitchen, I listened to the audiobook and chuckled quite a bit. It made me want to keep cleaning so I would have an excuse to listen more. Someday I hope to travel with my daughters if we make it through these teen years intact! It's encouraging to hear about a mother and daughter who made it through some very tough years and came out of it understanding each other better and being able to laugh at themselve...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Kara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: blog-tour, china, for-review, france, malaysia, memoir, own, tlc-book-tours, travel, greece, bulgaria, nepal

I need to stay away from mother/daughter novels, memoirs, and other books that cover the same topic. They just never work out for me as enjoyable reads. And I do think it's because my own personal experiences color and influence my perspective. I thought with this one that maybe I would be able to see it from Claire's perspective and that it would perhaps open my mind and maybe see things differently, but no. You see, I have relationship problems of my own with my mother. I love her to death, bu...more I need to stay away from mother/daughter novels, memoirs, and other books that cover the same topic. They just never work out for me as enjoyable reads. And I do think it's because my own personal experiences color and influence my perspective. I thought with this one that maybe I would be able to see it from Claire's perspective and that it would perhaps open my mind and maybe see things differently, but no. You see, I have relationship problems of my own with my mother. I love her to death, but there are times when we just don't get along because we are so alike, so different, and just so opinionated. I think I'm right, she thinks she's right, and neither of us are willing to budge. When I was a child, I used to give in almost always, but now that I am an adult, I see things differently. Point is, I thought Have Mother, Will Travel might help me to become more level-headed and open-minded. Unfortunately, that did not happen.

This is not a bad book at all though. Just because it didn't affect me the way I wanted it to doesn't mean there weren't parts of it that I didn't enjoy. It was incredibly well-written (if a little bloated and repetitive at times--more on that later), and laugh-out-loud funny through a good portion of the book. I thought this would be more travel writing and less mother-daughter philosophical ramblings, and it wasn't, but the parts that did focus on their travel experiences and culture clash were the best by far to me. Because I've always wanted to travel to some of these countries, it was awesome reading about them from yet another traveler perspective. I think I'll skip out on visiting Nepal now, by the way. But I want to go to China and Malaysia more than I ever did. Me and Asian countries. Ha.

So why only three stars? Because of the lack of emotional connection mostly, and I did find myself getting bored and skipping through pages by the end. I was touched by Mia's coming clean about her guilt and feelings, but other than that, much of the France section was a snoozefest for me. The first part was much more exciting, and I even went so far as to look up how to do this around-the-world travel thing they did. It's 10,500 bucks per person. Yeah, I don't think that's going to happen for me right now. Or probably ever. If you can afford it, it sounds like a blast and an awesome way to raise money for charity, but for poor people like me, *sticks tongue out*.

I also felt the writing was a bit bloated. Repetitive. I know that during the majority of this trip, Mia and Claire were trying to work out their personal issues and see each other in a new way, and at first I loved reading about that. But then it got repetitive. And I felt that they were saying the same things over and over and never reaching any conclusions. It got to be kind of rambly and disjointed. I think maybe if I had read their first book, Come Back, I would have felt more for these women and cared more. But I didn't. My friend Christina listened to the audiobook of this and loved it. She told me it is read in their own voices, and I think maybe that would have been better because there would have been more feeling behind the writing. I did think that Mia's sections were less repetitive than Claire's sections, and towards the end, my mind REALLY started to wander while reading Claire's parts.

And gosh, I feel so bad writing this review. Especially because it's a memoir and I know these are real people I am being critical of. I dreaded writing this review for that reason. And I feel bad for giving it 3 stars even, because mostly I think I liked it a lot less due to my own personal experiences. And I wonder if it is fair to rate a book based on that. But in this case, I don't know how NOT to. Anyway, I am going to recommend this one even if it wasn't the book I was hoping it would be. If this is a topic that interests you, I think it's worth reading. There aren't too many people like me out there, so hopefully I am by myself and alone on my feelings with this one. (less)

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Oct 29, 2012 Christina (A Reader of Fictions) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook

Much as I love the books I read and it should be pretty evident from all of this blogging business that I really, really do, sometimes I worry that I'm becoming too set in my ways and not exploring genres and such enough. Well, in Have Mother, Will Travel, I ventured into an almost entirely new genre for me: the memoir. Sure, I've read a couple, like The Glass Castle, which I am one of the only people in the world not to like, but, mostly, I've avoided them. Thankfully, I have been rewarded for...more Much as I love the books I read and it should be pretty evident from all of this blogging business that I really, really do, sometimes I worry that I'm becoming too set in my ways and not exploring genres and such enough. Well, in Have Mother, Will Travel, I ventured into an almost entirely new genre for me: the memoir. Sure, I've read a couple, like The Glass Castle, which I am one of the only people in the world not to like, but, mostly, I've avoided them. Thankfully, I have been rewarded for my exploration and open-mindedness; I was surprised how much I enjoyed this, even though the topic, mother-daughter bonding, sort of made me want to run for the hills.

What I learned early on is that this is actually a continuation of some sorts from mother Claire and daughter Mia's first book together, Come Back, which focused on Mia's self-destructive teen years and her mother's efforts to save her. There's no need to read Come Back before going into this book, though I did add it to my reading list after enjoying this one. I was not confused, but I suspect there's plenty to be learned from that one as well.

The framing of this memoir was months of world-wide travel embarked upon by Claire and Mia, as an effort to bond again, having lost their closeness to the regular troubles of life in their different cities. Knowing this, I sort of expected everything to be light and fluffy, but both Claire and Mia are still dealing with the long-lasting effects of the traumas covered in greater detail in Come Back. Mia was sexually abused by her father when she was a child, and after she turned her life around after her drug-addled teen years, she and her mother became advocates to help abused daughters and their mothers. This isn't an issue I'd really ever heard discussed, so I learned a lot and found it very powerful emotionally.

Of course, what I hated about The Glass Castle was how boring and whiny it felt to me, as well as the tone of superiority Walls seemed to have about being well-off now while her parents dug through the dumpster for food. (Sorry if you liked that book but it just rubbed me the wrong way). The Fontaines didn't come off that way to me at all. They do not seem to feel particularly superior, are very willing to detail their personal faults and foibles, incredibly honest about the dark things, but also quite funny. The book maintains a balance between serious discussion and navel-gazing, and humorous travel book.

The first half of Have Mother, Will Travel describes a whirlwind tour of myriad countries as part of a scavenger hunt vacation. Can I say how much I want to go on this trip, even though there's no way in hell I would be able to complete most of the challenges? It just seems like such a great way to structure your vacation. Anyway, I don't want to go into this in too much detail, but the descriptions of the countries visited made me want to travel really badly. This is an excellent book for making you feel wanderlust.

The most important focus of this book, though, is not the travel, but the relationship between mothers and daughters, and, more generally, women. Claire and Mia, from their two different perspectives, do a lot of thinking about their personal relationship, looking at where it's gone wrong and how they can grow closer. They also consider the different family roles they see as they travel, considering which is best. They made me think a lot about myself as a daughter and as a woman, and I do plan on making my mom listen to this as well, even though I suspect some of Claire's observations will make her cry. Given that Mia is about my age and my mom is a baby-boomer like Claire, a lot of their observations hit close to home.

This isn't a book I see having much, if any, appeal for males, because much of it deals strongly with what it means to be a woman. There is some repetition, but, mostly, I was incredibly impressed with this.

I cannot imagine this being anywhere near as delightful if I'd read it. Claire and Mia did their own narration, reading their different sections. They both have good, distinctive reading voices, full of personality. Hearing their thoughts in their voices made the memoir, already very personal, feel much more so.
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Nov 01, 2012 Tammy rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book itself unfolds gently as both mother and daughter grow more comfortable opening up to one another and you the reader find your footing in their relationship. The pacing is quite perfect. At times, the sharing and candidness was so shocking yet so caring and empathetic that I was distracted by my own thoughts of "What if I had this kind of relationship?" Their ability to share their failures and successes is really quite enviable because it is not with fanfare or with an expected respons...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Jaime (Twisting the Lens) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: random-wins, book-tours

This is one of those memoirs that gives away nearly the entire story in the description. So, while reading, there really is not suspense or surprise as to what is going to happen. We know that there is going to be a lot of sentimental moments throughout the journey of the Fontaine ladies, and that they are going to relate their own experiences in life to those of the people and places they encounter along the way. Of course, they have the added struggle of their strained relationship due to the...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Margie rated it 3 of 5 stars

My daughter, Kristin of Kritters Ramblings and I decided to "travel" through this book together. It is always fun to discuss books with her, but this one was especially interesting. It was fun to share our perspectives of each other, with each other. It seemed so appropriate to post this book on Kristin's birthday!

I really enjoyed the mother and daughter relationship. Some of the history was not interesting to me, but I am not much of a history person. Watching the mother and daughter react to...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Olga Jacobi rated it 4 of 5 stars

While the first part of the book--ostensibly the "travel" heavy part--is interesting, what really rung true and insightful was the two-voiced reflections in the second half. The book serves as a careful reminder that while in some manner the mother-daughter relationship is slipped onto us by accident of birth, the core of the relationship is not, and can and does--grow in ways that we can help cultivate, if we take the time to practice some measure of self-awareness, and take pleasure in that sa...more

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May 22, 2012 camilla rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: travel, read-2012

So I haven't read the first book this mother-daughter team co-wrote but I love traveling and I love my mom so I thought I'd love this. But I didn't. I loved the beginning when the duo is racing around the world in the Great Scavenger Hunt but then things stall a bit once they get to France. Maybe this is a better read for mothers but there was just soooo much reflection about the nature of a mother-daughter relationship. It just got a bit too mushy for me. I had to struggle a bit to finish this...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Pamela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: goodreads-giveaway-wins

This book was a Goodreads giveaway win. Thank you, thank you!

I wasn't sure what to expect going into it; I've never read a travel memoir other than Eat, Pray, Love, which I really enjoyed. I was pleasantly surprised at just how much I enjoyed this book as well! I loved hearing the story from both's perspective, though I often got confused as to whom's voice was telling the story. (This is probably due to the fact that I don't have a lot of reading time, which leaves me setting book down/ picking...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Elisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I actually didn't finish reading the book. I really enjoyed it at first, but it got a little boring and there wasn't really very much "action" or story telling and I found myself falling asleep every time I'd try to read some more. I made it to page 168 out of 307 and just gave up. I actually ran out of time! I only had it on lend for 21 days and this is the first time I wasn't so engaged in a book that I didn't finish it within a week.

I'm not trying to discourage anyone from reading it, like I...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Donna Ziegler rated it 5 of 5 stars

Despite the fact that I never understand how people have the money and time to drop out of their lives to travel for months, I truly enjoyed this book. Claire's fierce mothering style, the description of mother-daughter conflict and interaction, the travelogue, and the cross-cultural child rearing/lifestyle comparisons made this a very satisfying book for me.

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May 31, 2012 Teresa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: goodreads-shelf

This was a goodreads win!! I loved loved this book...such a great story. I love memoirs and this was just a refreshing read. Being a mother of two girls in their twenties this touched my heart!
I did not read the first book "come back" but I certianly will after reading this!!!
I will highly recommend this book!!

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May 31, 2013 Kim rated it 5 of 5 stars

Amazing, funny, heart-rending, superficial, and deep, all at the same time. Beautifully done in depicting the story of a mother and her daughter, and how they strengthen their relationship. I'm amazed at the honesty between the two of them, and shocked that they survived the events of their past.

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Feb 11, 2013 Pam Wilbur rated it 4 of 5 stars

Laughs
Adventure
Thoughtful
Great mother-daughter memoir about traveling the world together, seeing the sights, working through past hurts and seeing each other as women rather than 'mother' and 'daughter'.

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Aug 06, 2012 Kristin (Kritters Ramblings) rated it 5 of 5 stars

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A piece of nonfiction which was perfect as a read a long with my mom! We were both provided the book for review and decided that it would be neat to read it together so we could talk about it.

I knew that it was written by a mother/daughter duo and assumed that I would fall in love with the daughter's voice because it would be so similar to my own thoughts as we are close in age, but this was not the case. From the beginning I loved reading the part...more

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Oct 24, 2012 Lindsey rated it 5 of 5 stars

Read this book, then give it to your mom. Be prepared to cry, to laugh, and to explore the intensity and beauty of mother/daughter relationships. There were so many moments that moved me when I was reading this amazing memoir!

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Jan 22, 2013 Mandy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: gave-up-without-reading

I don't like reading in italics and I just got bored with the writing. I might have finished it eventually, but it was due back at the library.

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Jul 27, 2012 Florinda rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Sep 26, 2012 Sharon Galligar rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. Seperated into chapters by mom and daughter, the reader follows on their once-in-a-lifetime adventure of traveling the world together, and not killing each other in the process!

This is a fascinating look at mother/daughter dynamics, and the Fontaine's skillfull storytelling puts the reader right into the story (and on the trip!) with them.

I highly recommend this book!

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Sep 29, 2012 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars

A must read for mothers and daughters alike. While I did not read their first book, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

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Sep 29, 2012 Christine rated it 1 of 5 stars

Couldn't finish, did not enjoy narration and after 100 pages just realizes I didn't care what happened. Enjoyed Come Back so much more.

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Oct 27, 2012 Aida rated it 5 of 5 stars

Much more than a travel book. i enjoyed the wit and humor as much as the insight into the enigmatic mother-daughter relationship. This is a book I will gift my mother and save for my daughters to read some day.

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Aug 27, 2012 Lucy rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book...it hit so many notes that were familiar to me as a Mother of a daughter and as a woman of a "certain age". I've recommended it to friends who have daughters and to my daughter as well.

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Apr 17, 2013 Harvee rated it 4 of 5 stars

I did enjoy their travel narratives and interactions best of all.

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