Literary Redhead's Reviews> The Favorite Daughter

Last year I reviewed the author’s BECOMING MRS. LEWIS and loved her fictionalized take on Joy Davidman, the woman who married C.S. Lewis. It’s only my second book of Patti’s but her work is adored by my English professor stepdaughter. It’s so clear why!

GRIPPING
THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER is written in poetic style, the narrative gripping about Lena, who left South Carolina after being spectacularly betrayed on her wedding day, returning home only now when her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She’s forced to face a sister she’s avoided for a decade and her brother, who’s kept afloat the family’s business, an Irish pub.

FAMILY TRUTH
The reunited sibs do all they can to record their dad’s memories and while they do, learn of his secret past. Oh my goodness does Patti know how to capture the challenge of family relationships, and the terrible losses caused by memory disorders, in dialogue that rings with the truest truth.

I loved THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER and will be reading all the author’s books. Her next can’t come soon enough!

Pub Date 04 Jun 2019.

Thanks to Patti Callahan Henry, Berkley Publishing Group, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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