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Like Mother, Like Mother: A Novel Audiobook
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An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past.
“What a delight! Like Mother, Like Mother is sharp, fun, and witty.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
“A sprawling family saga, briskly told with the lightest of touches and an often-surprising sense of humor.”—Rumaan Alam, bestselling author of Leave the World Behind
Detroit, 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, blond hair—Lila rises to the pinnacle of American media as the powerful, brilliant executive editor of The Washington Globe. Lila unapologetically prioritizes her career, leaving the rearing of her daughters to her generous husband, Joe. He doesn’t mind—until he does.
But 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 resists, the more Lila seems to shape her life. Grace becomes a successful reporter, even publishing a bestselling book about her mother. 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?
Spanning generations, and populated by complex, unforgettable characters, Like Mother, Like Mother is an exhilarating, portrait of family, marriage, ambition, power, the stories we inherit, and the lies we tell to become the people we believe we’re meant to be.
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"Like Mother, Like Mother is a smart, captivating novel about family secrets, simmering resentments, marriage, and success. Susan Rieger gives us perfectly messy, complex, witty characters searching for answers and connection. Long after you finish it, this book will make you think about the stories that shape us, the stories we search for, and what it means to pass them from one generation to the next."
— Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups
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A novel in the spirit of Meg Wolitzer, Jean Hanff Korelitz, and the great Nora Ephron. Who says comedy is dead? It’s all here—incredible characters, joyful satire, a wisecracking newswoman, family secrets with a twist of lime.
— Allegra Goodman, bestselling author of Sam -
Like Mother, Like Mother is the best kind of novel: compelling, warm, funny, and complicated, full of kick-ass women in tangled relationships, spanning generations and coming of age again and again. With heart, humor, and good faith, Susan Rieger tackles my favorite subjects: writing, family, and the conditions of unconditional love. I loved this book.
— Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of Family Family -
Are we really like our mothers? And do we want to be? I loved Susan Rieger’s wise, exhilaratingly moving tale of three generations of women all trying to figure out who they are. Rieger sifts through the secrets, lies and palpable yearnings to get to the beating heart of nature vs. nurture, and the stories we are told verses the stories we need to hear. Phenomenal.
— Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Days of Wonder -
Susan Rieger is one of our finest writers about families, money, and ambition, and Like Mother, Like Mother is smart, funny, and wise. With pungent wit and the fizz of a Tracy-Hepburn comedy, she writes about long held family secrets and mothers good and bad with warmth and elegance.
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire and The Oligarch’s Daughter -
Like Mother, Like Mother is a smart, captivating novel about family secrets, simmering resentments, marriage, and success. Susan Rieger gives us perfectly messy, complex, witty characters searching for answers and connection. Long after you finish, this book will make you think about the stories that shape us, the stories we search for, and what it means to pass them from one generation to the next.
— Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups -
Like Mother, Like Mother is a rare thing: a sprawling family saga, briskly told. Susan Rieger covers so much—the shadow cast by long-held secrets, the challenges of a long marriage, the joys and tribulations of being a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a child—with the lightest of touches . . . and a welcome and often-surprising sense of humor.
— Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind -
Phenomenal . . . Are we really like our mothers? And do we want to be? I loved Susan Rieger’s wise, exhilaratingly moving tale of three generations of women all trying to figure out who they are. Rieger sifts through the secrets, lies, and palpable yearnings to get to the beating heart of nature vs. nurture, and the stories we are told vs. the stories we need to hear.
— Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Days of Wonder -
Susan Rieger is one of our finest writers about families, money, and ambition, and Like Mother, Like Mother is smart, funny, and wise. With pungent wit and the fizz of a Tracy-Hepburn comedy, she writes about long-held family secrets and mothers good and bad with warmth and elegance.
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire and The Oligarch’s Daughter -
A novel in the spirit of Meg Wolitzer, Jean Hanff Korelitz, and the great Nora Ephron . . . Who says comedy is dead? It’s all here—incredible characters, joyful satire, a wisecracking newswoman, family secrets with a twist of lime.
— Allegra Goodman, bestselling author of Sam -
Like Mother, Like Mother is the best kind of novel: compelling, warm, funny, and complicated, full of kick-ass women in tangled relationships, spanning generations and coming of age again and again. With heart, humor, and good faith, Susan Rieger tackles my favorite subjects: writing, family, and the conditions of unconditional love. I loved this book.
— Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is and Family Family -
Like Mother, Like Mother is a smart, captivating novel about family secrets, simmering resentments, marriage, and success. Susan Rieger gives us perfectly messy, complex, witty characters searching for answers and connection. Long after you finish it, this book will make you think about the stories that shape us, the stories we search for, and what it means to pass them from one generation to the next.
— Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups -
Susan Rieger has brought us a novel of mothers and daughters, but even more pressingly, of what it means to investigate past and present and tell stories about what we find. It is a direct, unsentimental love letter to journalism, and to the wise, weird women who are so often its beating heart.
— Rebecca Traister, bestselling author of Good and Mad -
Like Mother, Like Mother is a rare thing: a sprawling family saga, briskly told. Susan Rieger covers so much—the shadow cast by long-held secrets, the challenges of a long marriage, the joys and tribulations of being a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a child—with the lightest of touches . . . and a welcome and often-surprising sense of humor.
— Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind -
A novel in the spirit of Meg Wolitzer, Jean Hanff Korelitz, and the great Nora Ephron . . . Who says comedy is dead? It’s all here—incredible characters, joyful satire, a wisecracking newswoman, family secrets with a twist of lime.
— Allegra Goodman, bestselling author of Sam -
The best kind of novel: compelling, warm, funny, and complicated, full of kick-ass women in tangled relationships, spanning generations and coming of age again and again. Susan Rieger tackles my favorite subjects: writing, family, and the conditions of unconditional love.
— Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of Family Family -
Phenomenal . . . Susan Rieger’s wise, exhilaratingly moving tale gets to the beating heart of nature versus nurture and the stories we are told versus the stories we need to hear.
— Caroline Leavitt, bestselling author of Days of Wonder -
Susan Rieger gives us perfectly messy, complex, witty characters searching for answers and connection. Long after you finish it, this book will make you think about the stories that shape us, the stories we search for, and what it means to pass them from one generation to the next.
— Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups -
With pungent wit and the fizz of a Tracy-Hepburn comedy, Susan Rieger writes about long-held family secrets and mothers good and bad with warmth and elegance.
— Joseph Finder, bestselling author of The Oligarch’s Daughter -
A novel of mothers and daughters, but, even more pressingly, of what it means to investigate past and present and tell stories about what we find . . . It is a direct, unsentimental love letter to journalism, and to the wise, weird women who are so often its beating heart.
— Rebecca Traister, bestselling author of Good and Mad -
Like Mother, Like Mother is a rare thing: a sprawling family saga, briskly told. Susan Rieger covers so much with the lightest of touches and a welcome and often-surprising sense of humor.
— Rumaan Alam, bestselling author of Leave the World Behind -
What a delight! Lila is a magnificent character, and I could not put this book down. Like Mother, Like Mother is sharp, fun, and witty.
— Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
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About Susan Rieger
Susan Rieger is a graduate of Columbia University Law School and a former Associate Provost for Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Columbia University. She lives in New York City with her husband. The Divorce Papers is her debut novel.
About Rebecca Lowman
Rebecca Lowman is an actress and audiobook narrator who has won numerous Earphones Awards. She has starred in numerous television shows, including Law & Order, Big Love, NCIS, and Grey’s Anatomy, among many others. She earned her MFA from Columbia University.