This was our book club selection for the month of May. We wanted to do something with a mother -daughter theme. This is the true story of Amy Dickinson and her daughter, Emily. Amy Dickinson is the advice columnist who eventually replaced Ann Landers.
This is a quirky, funny and sometimes sad look at their life from the perspective of some years. I found the relationships between mother and daughter, but also between the two of them and the women of their extended family to be very uplifting. These relationships were uplifting, humorous, supportive, and loving - everything that women should be for one another.
Her opinion of men was slightly flawed by the relationships in her own life. Although in the end, she has a healthy perspective on the traumas and occasionally the disappointments of her own life. I like her ideas on "failing up" - bad things happen to open us up for something better. That is something that I have experienced for my own self and honestly, I think everyone probably has.
I was glad that we chose this for our bookclub and I enjoyed reading it.
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