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Love was given to all, except herself . . . Kit Brennan has always been the most grounded of her sisters. A Catholic school English teacher for seventeen years and a constant giver, her decisions have been sound—just not very satisfying. Her fortieth birthday is right around the corner, causing Kit to consider some wilder notions, like skipping right past the love and marr
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Paperback, 372 pages
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February 5th 2013
by Berkley Books
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Always doing the right thing is tough. Sometimes it is a situation of being cruel to be kind and other times it is more about just doing the right thing simply because you feel you have no other choice.
But we all know there is always a choice, it might not be the right one or the best one, but in the end there is still a choice, making it is hard but learning to live with it is even harder and not always something everyone can handle. Therefore it is always wise to look deep into your soul befo ...more

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Jane Porter is one of my favorite Chick Lit authors. Chick lit is not romance, by the way. A good book of this genre delves into relationships. This is what Porter has proved to be wise beyond her years.
This is the second book of a series starring a family of four daughters and one son. All grown and and all dealing with the throes of middle age growing pains. The first book was mostly about Meg, the oldest sister. I absolutely loved The Good Woman. Porter pulled no punches when writing about in ...more
This is the second book of a series starring a family of four daughters and one son. All grown and and all dealing with the throes of middle age growing pains. The first book was mostly about Meg, the oldest sister. I absolutely loved The Good Woman. Porter pulled no punches when writing about in ...more

3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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Book provided by: BookSpark PR
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
I really wanted to read this book partly because of the title The Good Daughter, I consider myself a good daughter so it caught my eye. However I wanted to read Jane Porter’s latest work even more after I read a little bit about.
I was so into this book that I kept losing track of time. I get involved in a lot of books, but this one kept me hooked all the way through. I hated to put it down when I ha ...more
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I really wanted to read this book partly because of the title The Good Daughter, I consider myself a good daughter so it caught my eye. However I wanted to read Jane Porter’s latest work even more after I read a little bit about.
I was so into this book that I kept losing track of time. I get involved in a lot of books, but this one kept me hooked all the way through. I hated to put it down when I ha ...more

As an English teacher from a close Catholic family, I expected to enjoy reading Jane Porter's The Good Daughter, but I didn't expect it to resonate with me in such a powerful way. I loved reading this book which perfectly blends the reality of being a high school English teacher with the challenges of being part of a big family.
Kit Brennan is an English teacher at a Catholic high school and is nearing 40. She has resigned herself to the fact that she will not meet a man, yet wants to pursue adop ...more
Kit Brennan is an English teacher at a Catholic high school and is nearing 40. She has resigned herself to the fact that she will not meet a man, yet wants to pursue adop ...more

Kit Brennan has three sisters, well four, counting her sister-in-law, Cass. As a family they have always been relatively close and Kit still remains the most reliable of them. Kit is about to turn forty and is facing quite a few trials in life: her mother has cancer that is slowly killing her, her sister-in-law and brother cannot conceive a child, and Kit has so far in life been unlucky in love and is starting to reconsider this entire area of her life. Kit’s story, and the second in this series
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The second book in the Brennan Sisters trilogy, focuses on Kit Brennan. Kit is about to turn forty and she is still single and without kids. She loves her job as a teacher at Memorial Catholic High School, but she is ready for a family. With her days filled with teaching, but at night and her weekends are filled with helping take care of her mother. Her mother, the woman she looks up to is dying of terminal cancer. Between her mother's illness and having g ...more
The second book in the Brennan Sisters trilogy, focuses on Kit Brennan. Kit is about to turn forty and she is still single and without kids. She loves her job as a teacher at Memorial Catholic High School, but she is ready for a family. With her days filled with teaching, but at night and her weekends are filled with helping take care of her mother. Her mother, the woman she looks up to is dying of terminal cancer. Between her mother's illness and having g ...more

Kit Brennan has always been known as the good daughter by her other sisters. She's a school teacher, loves to read and is always there for her family. While in Capitola, where her family has a beach house, Kit meets Jude. He’s everything she’s not and not someone that her family would approve of. He’s a bad boy that wears a leather jacket, rides a motorcycle and has tattoos. They couldn’t be more different, but there’s just something about him that draws Kit in. Can opposites really attract? O
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Perfection!
I loved The Good Woman, so I was eager to read The Good Daughter, but I didn't think there was any way I could enjoy it as much as the first. Little did I know that this book would exceed all my expectations. We meet Kit in the first Brennan Sisters book, and she's sweet. Nice enough, very helpful, supportive, and the kind of woman you'd want to be friends with. In The Good Daughter, we find that Kit has an extraordinarily complex story and a rich inner life that I just didn't expect. ...more
I loved The Good Woman, so I was eager to read The Good Daughter, but I didn't think there was any way I could enjoy it as much as the first. Little did I know that this book would exceed all my expectations. We meet Kit in the first Brennan Sisters book, and she's sweet. Nice enough, very helpful, supportive, and the kind of woman you'd want to be friends with. In The Good Daughter, we find that Kit has an extraordinarily complex story and a rich inner life that I just didn't expect. ...more

Jane Porter in the Good Daughter addresses the misconceptions of first impressions. Once the stage is set and all the characters connect, it is hard to put down and leaves you hanging for the release of The Good Wife.
Jane is able to include in her books, everyday situation’s that you are able to easily picture having to deal with on a daily bases. Kit’s has to deal with family expectations, sister rivalry, the dating scene, hard decisions and Catholic upbringing of worrying what everyone else th ...more
Jane is able to include in her books, everyday situation’s that you are able to easily picture having to deal with on a daily bases. Kit’s has to deal with family expectations, sister rivalry, the dating scene, hard decisions and Catholic upbringing of worrying what everyone else th ...more

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Loved, loved, loved it! I don't live in a world like the Brennans, never have....but what a beautiful picture of family this book painted, their commitment to each other, flaws that are overcome and forgiven because above all else they love each other, the way they respect each other and stick together and share each others triumphs and heartbreaks. And this story about Kit.....strong, yet vunerable with an attraction to the stereo typed bad boy and trying to do the right thing...to be the Good
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Oh My Goodness!! This book will make you want the story to never end!! Kit Brennan is awesome! She is so fiery yet sheltered. She doesn't realize the bad in the world when it's right in front of her. Maybe it's because of her loyal Irish Catholic family who would never treat their family members the way Kit witnesses for her student. Every story needs a bad boy!! Jude is hot, dedicated, and maybe just maybe not as bad as you think he is...
Can't wait for the 3rd book to come out!! The Good Wife i ...more
Can't wait for the 3rd book to come out!! The Good Wife i ...more

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The second book in the Brennan trilogy follows a different sister than the first book, but picks up about where the first book left off. Again, Jane Porter did a wonderful job of catching my interest and getting me, once again, emotionally attached to Kit in the same way she got me attached to Meg in the first book. This book was a real page turner - I just couldn't put it down. I found myself itching to have time to read so I could try to get to the end of the book to see how it all turned out.
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I have read all of Jane Porter's novels and enjoyed them, but not this one. The story lines were interesting but I found the main character, Kit, hard to like. She had had bad things happen to her yet a few of them were due to her own poor judgement and she didn't do anything to change herself. She just beat herself up about e decisions she'd made. I also thought her treatment of her young student, Delilah, was not good. She cared about her, yet she did things that jeopardized Delilah with no fo
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I seriously didn't want this book to end. It's about a Catholic school teacher who has never had the joy of falling head over heels in love. She also hates that she has never married or had children, which she assumed would have happened by now. When she falls for clearly the wrong man, a typical "bad boy," she tells herself to move on. But he keeps popping up in her life when she least expects it. Then she realizes that he isn't quite what he seems. . . .
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Decent book, but I found the "Catholic" ideology of the main characters frustrating and hard to believe. Do people really stick to antiquated ideas like these gals who are in their 40s? Not believable for me, especially considering the sisters have had premarital sex, extramarital affairs and an abortion. Holier than thou people rather than holy! I don't understand why the author wasted space going on and on about the family's religion.
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I won this through Goodreads first reads and as for the basic story I enjoyed it. But I just really couldn't get into the main character. She was so unlikeable for me and it seemed like everything that happened was her own fault. I realize that is often the case but still it just kind of turned me off. The actual story itself was good though. I have not read the first book so that may change my opinion as well but I thought it was pretty good.
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OMG! The Good Daughter was very difficult to put down. Its a fab story about Kit (one of four sisters) who is a teacher and loves to read. She is the good daughter but meets Jude, the typical bad boy that all women love. Are they perfect for each or just too different? This Jane Porter story also brings into light the dynamics of family. Another must read by JP!

Stars: 5.0
The Good Daughter is the second book in the Brennan Sisters series by award-winning, national bestselling author Jane Porter. I was very fortunate to receive an Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) from Jane but the public won’t get to read it until its release date: February 5, 2013. My review contains spoilers, so read it at your own discretion.
This is the story of Catholic school English teacher, people pleaser, and all around grounded good girl, Katherine Elizabeth “Kit” Brennan whom we fi ...more
The Good Daughter is the second book in the Brennan Sisters series by award-winning, national bestselling author Jane Porter. I was very fortunate to receive an Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) from Jane but the public won’t get to read it until its release date: February 5, 2013. My review contains spoilers, so read it at your own discretion.
This is the story of Catholic school English teacher, people pleaser, and all around grounded good girl, Katherine Elizabeth “Kit” Brennan whom we fi ...more

I loved Jude! I did think it was wrapped up too quickly and wish the "bad guy" had gotten his due. I'll most likely read the next "Sister" installment in #3, and in general, I've enjoyed Jane Porter's novels.
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You really should read The Good Daughter, because you'll be missing out on an extraordinary story if you don't. This second Brennan Sisters novel is intense and sensitive, a poignant portrayal of two daughters who bear the role of family peacekeeper — a role that threatens the happiness of one, and the life of the other.
Each daughter is desperate for a new life — Kit at 40, and Delilah at 15. Our heroine Kit has a good and giving spirit, but she's a tad too trusting. Ironically, the one person ...more
Each daughter is desperate for a new life — Kit at 40, and Delilah at 15. Our heroine Kit has a good and giving spirit, but she's a tad too trusting. Ironically, the one person ...more
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