Mothers And Daughters

by Erin Kaye

Catherine Meehan was born into a respectable working-class Roman Catholic family in Ballyfergus on the coast of Antrim. She is determined to flee the poverty, bigotry and antagonism that shaped her early years... Jayne Alexander is infused with the privileges that go with being part of a well-to-do Protestant family. Despite her self-assurance, she has a need for love and yearns for approval... From 1959 to 1984, the lives of the Meehan and Alexander families become inextricably linked, in moments of great passion and hatred, as deeply held loyalties are threatened.

Genres: Fiction

424 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Erin Kaye (real name Patricia Kay) was born in Larne, Northern Ireland in 1966. She studied Geography at the University of Ulster where she met her husband, Mervyn. They married ten days after graduating and moved to Scotland where Erin joined a Scottish bank as a graduate recruit. Ten years later she’d had enough of the long working-hours culture and decided to pack it all in to write her first novel. Mothers and Daughters was published in 2003, followed in 2004 by Choices, Second Chances in 2005, Closer to Home in 2006 and My Husband's Lover in 2008.

Erin lives in North Berwick on the East Coast of Scotland with her husband, two young sons, Ryan and Liam, and Murphy the dog.

Star sign: Scorpio
Middle name: Anne
Parents: Pat and Jim
Siblings: Mary, Janet, Jim and Susan

Reviews

[Doodles McC · Rating 3 out of 5]

S big sis P airing her distain of LGS and Larne / NI people and their attitudes. Good in relating to my personal knowledge. Easy to read, detailed & observant of small things. A good first novel.

[Hyowon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first Kaye book... having never heard of this Northern Irish author, I only bought this book from my university's charity book sale for 3 Euro. It was very good and dealt with the issues of Catholic and Protestant conflict in marriage, and how men and women suffer from it for 2 generations. I was surprised at a bit explicit description of sex in a couple of places but otherwise it was very well-written and educational for me in that religious situation and how that impacted people's lives.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

i so loved this book read it in 24 hours the characters i really warmed to and just could not put it down ive always liked this authors bookx