{"product_id":"9780525512516","title":"Like Mother, Like Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women,unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Like Mother, Like Mother\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a novel in the spirit of Meg Wolitzer, Jean HanffKorelitz, and the great Nora Ephron. Who says comedy is dead? It's all here--thejoyful craziness, the wisecracking newswoman, the family secrets with a twist oflime.\"\u003cbr\u003e– Allegra Goodman, bestselling author of Sam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetroit, 1960. Lila Pereira is two years old when her angry, abusive father has her mother committed to an asylum. Lila never sees her mother again. Three decades later, having mustered everything she has —brains, charm, talent, blonde hair—Lila rises to the pinnacle of American media as the powerful, brilliant executive editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Lila unapologetically prioritizes her career, leaving the rearing of her daughters to her generous husband, Joe. He doesn’t mind—until he does.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Grace, their youngest daughter, feels abandoned. She wishes her mother would attend PTA meetings, not White House Correspondents dinners. As she grows up, she cannot shake her resentment. She wants out from under Lila’s shadow, yet the more she pushes back, the more Lila seems to shape her life. Grace becomes a successful reporter, even publishing a bestselling book about her mother, but, in the process of writing it, she realizes how little she knows about her own family. Did Lila’s mother, Grace’s grandmother, die in that asylum? Is refusal to look back the only way to create a future? How can you ever be yourself, Grace wonders, if you don’t know where you came from?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanning generations, and populated by unforgettable, complex characters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike Mother, Like Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an exhilarating, searching portrait of family, marriage, ambition, inheritance,power, the stories we inherit, and the lies we tell in order to become the people we believe we’re meant to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan Rieger","offers":[{"title":"2025-11-11","offer_id":46910183407871,"sku":"9780525512516","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9780525512516.jpg?v=1761843392","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780525512516","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}