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Like Mother, Like Daughter

Aug 2, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Kimberly McCreight

“Once she was born I was never not afraid.” Any parent who has been blessed with that moment when you hold your newborn in your arms for the first time can understand the above quote from the great Joan Didion, which Kimberly McCreight uses to preface her terrific new novel, LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER. Katrina McHugh understood this feeling as soon as she held her daughter, Cleo, against her bare chest.
Like Mother, Like Daughter

Aug 1, 2024 | zip06.com | Kimberly McCreight

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight To the outside world, Kat McHugh is a rich, successful corporate lawyer. The reality? She’s the firm’s fearless fixer. But behind the facade, Kat has a dark secret, one that threatens Cleo, her 20-year-old daughter, whom Kat will protect at any cost. This is a terrific novel that is both a suspenseful thriller and a moving story of the ties that bind mothers and daughters. Marilyn, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison
How a Single Hug Helped Me Rebuild My Family

Jul 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Kimberly McCreight

Hug her. You should hug her. My daughter and I were standing on an icy Brooklyn sidewalk in the darkness of an early morning in November. To our right was the glow of the stairway down to the subway she takes to her high school. Her school is in the Bronx, an hour and a half away—yes, only in New York City. Most of the year, the sun hasn’t risen when we head off for the train at 6:15 a.m., our very large but compulsively friendly dog with us as a useless safety measure. It’s our routine.
Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Jul 30, 2024 | crimereads.com | Kimberly McCreight

Beginning with my very first published short story—written long before I’d had children of my own—my work has often endeavored to explore the complexities of motherhood. This is, in part, because of the significant challenges of my own upbringing. As a result, I’ve always felt a bit on the outside of the experience.
BOOKISH TEXAS July 27, 2024- August 4, 2024

Jul 27, 2024 | lonestarliterary.com | Shari Lapena |Lauren Thoman |Yasmin Angoe |Kimberly McCreight

Bookish Texas • Events Around the StateThe most comprehensive listing of book and author events, festivals, readings, lectures, workshops, and signings in the Lone Star Stateclick to visit our MAJOR EVENTS Calendar for annual events!FOR 7.27.2024 - 8.04.2024ALL TIMES CENTRAL TIMEJUMP TO: SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYPOETRY SLAMS & OPEN MICS STORYTIMESWant your event included?
Movie Review: 'My Spy The Eternal City'

Jul 18, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Jennifer Mathieu |Win A Copy |Kimberly McCreight

Review by James LindorfEvery tough guy looking to make a bigger splash in Hollywood eventually partners with a kid to show their softer side.
Book Review: 'The Faculty Lounge: A Novel' By Jennifer Mathieu

Jul 18, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Jennifer Mathieu |Win A Copy |Kimberly McCreight

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 23rd from Dutton. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3WpxgEmMr. Lehrer retired from teaching at Baldwin High School years ago, but is back this year as a substitute teacher. He’s in the faculty lounge on the couch, and he’s dead. After the intitial shock things start to go back to normal until his ashes are let go in the schoolyard one afternoon, and blows into the face of a parent, who had no idea this was taking place.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Slow Dance: A Novel' By Rainbow Rowell

Jul 18, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Win A Copy |Kimberly McCreight |Jennifer Mathieu

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 30th from Morrow. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3S3wtGDBack in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were just friends.Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha—Shiloh would go to go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'The Faculty Lounge: A Novel' By Jennifer Mathieu

Jul 18, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Jennifer Mathieu |Win A Copy |Kimberly McCreight

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 23rd from Dutton. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3xQnrWBWith its ensemble of warm and unforgettablecharacters, The Faculty Lounge shows readers a different side of school life. It all starts when an elderly substitute teacher at Baldwin High School is found dead in the faculty lounge.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Like Mother, Like Daughter: A Novel' By Kimberly McCreight

Jul 18, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Win A Copy |Kimberly McCreight |Jennifer Mathieu

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 30th from Knopf. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3zBZDWLWhen Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what?