Mothers and Other Liars (Paperback) by Amy Bourret

from kmroy0320

Being adopted as an infant, I'm a sucker for just about any book with an adoption theme. And while I really enjoyed it (read it in practically one sitting), I can't rate it any higher for the many of the reasons mentioned by previous reviewers. I could have gotten past the improbable premise that...

from JoClare

This was a wonderful story which held my interest to the end. The characters were completely believable and although there were one or two places that I thought, "No one would do that"; in general I felt that the story was captivating and well thought out.

from SquirrelHead

I read this book fairly quickly and liked it quite a bit. The character develpoment was slow for Ruby, in my opinion, but you quickly felt invested in what happened to all the characters. I felt so bad for Lark, for the choices Ruby felt compelled to make and Chaz got the raw end of the deal to b...

from jasmyn9

An early review book that I hesitated to request, but am glad that I did. Ruby Leander has a secret, some would call it horrible, some would say deep dark, but I don't think any of those could really apply. Her daughter, Lark, isn't really hers. She found her in a trash can as she traveled to her...

from elissajanine

This book was difficult to rate, and I'm trying to figure out if that's because it was flawed or because it didn't turn out to be the type of story I expected it to be. Some of the really terrific things about this book were the quiet moments--the mother-daughter relationship and some lyrical, sw...