Summary and Reviews of Daddy's Girls by Suzanne Gold

Media Reviews

BookReviewCafe.com A fascinating story, one I won't soon forget. I was captivated. In my opinion, a must read!

ForeWord Magazine ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards 2001 Gold Medal for Fiction. "Daddy's Girls," a bittersweet novel of love, redemption and spirit in a dysfunctional family won a Gold Medal for Fiction.

Nelson (BC) Daily News - Anne DeGrace Writing from personal experience can be cathartic. Writing from the heart with a depth of understanding, placed in dramatic context with the prowess of a good storyteller, can also be good fiction. Daddy's Girls is a tragic story of loss, frustration, blame and anguish, it's also a heartening tale of love an its resurrection against all odds. Gold suggests possibilities beyond an accepted norm, and lends a new dimension to an old story.

Ruth Williams, author of Younger Than That Now Daddy's Girls is a luxuriant narrative, telling the stories of three complex women -- two sisters and their mother. Their lives are impacted by the mental illness of one, a fascinating and obviously well-informed look at heartbreaking realities. This is a book written from the heart.

Midwest Book Review - Terry Mathews I received the galleys of this book from the author -- I'm right in the middle of a remodeling project at my house so I really didn't have much time, but I thought I'd just read a few pages before turning out the light. WRONG! I wound up reading until 4:00AM and was back up at 8:00 to finish this marvelous book.
The story centers around Allison and Cherie, the unfortunate offspring of a marriage between Ruth and Warren, two very unhappy people. Allison is mild, meek and feels inadequate. Her younger sister Cherie is wild from the moment of birth and never looks back.
The dysfunctionality (if there is such a word) of this family is difficult to watch, but the author's style pulls you into the story and you cannot put the book down until there is some kind of resolution.
This is not light reading, but it is a book that will speak to you on many levels, a book that can alter your perception of the world -- and to me, that's what good fiction should do -- it should broaden your horizons and urge you to think outside the box. I am serious when I say it is the best one I've read since Cunningham's The Hours. This book is worth your time!