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The 52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2022

2022 Build Your Library Reading Challenge

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Intriguing Premise Leads to Twisty, Compelling Psychological Thriller
8:06 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
After years of struggling with infertility, both 38-year-old Lana Stone and her boyfriend, Tyler Jones, are at their wit's end. The difference is Lana's willing to continue, while her faithful partner is done—with Lana's baby obsession, with all the stress and financial burden it places on them, and with their whole relationship, which has become tense and angry. When Tyler moves out, Lana's stung. Then, she gets miraculous news—she's finally pregnant. Tyler might be out of the picture, but Lana's determined to have their baby anyway.
A chance encounter on a New York City subway brings Lana face-to-face with a woman she's never met, but with whom she shares an intimate connection. Katya Dimitrova is the 21-year-old college student whose donated eggs are making Lana's dreams of motherhood a reality. Lana knows she should not, under any circumstances, follow Katya off the subway, but she does it anyway, an impulsive action that leads to an unlikely friendship between the two women. It's not long, however, before fun-loving Katya disappears under suspicious circumstances. Suddenly, Lana finds herself the prime suspect in a missing persons investigation. In a desperate attempt to exonerate herself, she digs into Katya's past, which brings some very disturbing information to light ...
Her Daughter's Mother, a debut novel by Daniela Petrova, is a compelling psychological thriller built on an intriguing premise. The characters are complex and authentic, although not very likable. Still, the propulsive plot kept me reading, needing to know what was going to happen next. Although the novel is depressing and I didn't end up loving it, it definitely kept me turning pages. I liked it enough that I'll keep an eye out for Petrova's sophomore attempt.
(Readalikes: Hm, nothing's coming to mind. Help!)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for language, violence, sexual content, and disturbing subject matter
To the FTC, with love: Another library fine find
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This feels so very current with all the fertility options available to people, it makes for confusing relationships.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is, but I often find the characters unlikable in the psychological thrillers I have read.
ReplyDeleteYou had me thinking shades of Rosemary's Baby there for a second, but as I read on I saw that's not what's going on here. Sounds interesting even though it's dependent on one of those implausible coincidences that happen only in novels.
ReplyDeleteThis really is such an interesting premise and so emotional at the same time. Definitely to be added to my TBR.
ReplyDeleteThis one does sound compelling. But it's depressing, too?
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