By Josi S. Kilpack, Published by Deseret Book, 2012, 269
pages
Daisy is
a middle age mother of a teenage daughter who refers to herself as “just
Daisy.” Having made a good life for herself after struggling through a teenage
pregnancy and a divorce, Daisy is thrown off balance when she learns that she
is expecting a baby. With turmoil swirling around her, Daisy must deal with
unexpected motherhood, again. As Daisy
struggles through her difficulties, she slowly opens up to the different kinds
of mothers she sees in her life and faces her own guilt and insecurities. From
Daisy, I was reminded that not all mothers just love being mothers. Instead through Daisy I saw women being the
best mothers they could despite difficult circumstances.
This second book in The Newport Ladies Book Club series
works very well because Daisy is introduced to us from the perspective and
freshness of a different author. I like that approach. The one negative about
this approach is the repeat details about the book club meetings and its
members. I know the purpose is to link the series together, but those parts
seemed repetitive and old news in this second novel because I had already read
them in Olivia. Also, I felt the ending lacked adequate resolution. Despite
this, Daisy is a fast and engaging read.
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