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Janice Van Dyck Books |
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THE O’MALLEY TRILOGY |
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About the Book |
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Every woman is afraid of growing up to be her mother. Yet every daughter lives a trilogy – her own story intertwined with her mother’s and her grandmother’s. Eve Roberts is a young woman struggling with the breakup of a four-year relationship. Amy, her mother, wants to help but is limited by her abilities, unevenly strengthened by her adversities and still healing from an abusive relationship. Alternating chapters in a narrative voice between Eve and Amy, the story reverberates with the memories of the mother/daughter relationships of both women as they struggle to make peace and understand each other. The women weave together the story of the O’Malley family over five generations, in the process learning that they, too, are women of strength, courage and forgiveness. Eve learns that growing up to be like her mother might not be so bad after all. Set on a Florida beach over a long weekend, The O’Malley Trilogy explores the nature of the mother-daughter bond, its inevitabilities and its creative possibilities. Through lively dialogue, recollection and thought-provoking narrative, The O’Malley Trilogy gives hope and insight into the mother/daughter dilemma. Women of all ages will find truth in the novel as it explores the many roles that women play. While the target audience is primarily women, any man who seeks to understand female relationships – between wives and daughters, sisters and mothers, girls and their fathers – will also find insight as he reads the lively conversation of easy-to-relate-to characters. The family issues explored in The O’Malley Trilogy transcend the sex of the family members; its themes of parental separation, adolescent identity, middle-age crisis, romantic attachment and parenting are universal. |
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