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What We Keep
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Very quick read. Not my favorite Berg, but enjoyable. Interesting take on mother / daughter relationships and the price women may pay for wanting to live independently (from husbands, etc.).
  
I Am Mother (2019)
I Am Mother (2019)
2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Humans have become extinct. All that's left behind are thousands of human embryos and a robot. This robot defrost an embryo and the only human left to exist is born. The robot raises the child as if its her own, and is known only as daughter which believe me gets annoying to hear mother says it practically every sentence.
Anyway fast forward a few years and daughter is a teenager and becoming very inquisitive about the outside world. This starts when a mouse gets into the facility, upon this mouse being destroyed by mother, daughter explores the facility one evening whilst mother is powered down and she hears a voice from outside shouting for help, it turns out to be another human, what!?! She let's her in and after an argument with mother for doing so, mother agrees to help the stranger but the woman - seing and experiencing the outside world refuses help, she doesn't trust mother at all. You see it turns out there are other droids identical to mother, but they are evil and tear people away from their families. It's little wonder she doesn't trust mother but is she right to be suspicious? You'll have to watch and see.
Now I'm not usually a Sci fi fan but this movie isn't actually all that bad, the fact that mother sounds more human than android you do feel like there's a real connection between mother and daughter, even right at the end.
Throughout the movie I kept feeling torn between trusting mother or the stranger, I did lean more towards the stranger but I did feel for mother too. It was a complete mind bender and messed with you right to the very end.
  
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Anywhere But Here
Anywhere But Here
Mona Simpson | 2014 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"Simpson describes a complex mother-daughter relationship with brilliant complexity and unflinching honesty. She also does a remarkable job capturing a sense of place, whether the setting is Wisconsin or Los Angeles."

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The Perfect Mother
The Perfect Mother
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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What would you do if your daughter were half a world away and accused of murder? Could you be the perfect mother, supportive and believing, even when things don't add up? Read my review of this mystery/character study novel, here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/11/18/a-mother-and-a-mystery/
  
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Maria Semple | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.6 (14 Ratings)
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A Mother and A Daughter Bond
My mum. Best Mum Ever. In the Whole Entire Universe.

But mums, in general, are amazing. They handle everything without breaking a sweat and still manage to look fabulous.

We all love our mum's. Because they look after us, love us and care for us. And we trust in our mums with our whole heart and we love them unconditionally.

This is what this book is about.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2017/05/a-mother-and-daughter-bond.html
  
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity
2009 | Adult, Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Print & Play
Wicked fun
My daughter introduced us to this game. I, in turn, inflicted it upon my mother. Horrible, horrible sentences are made, and a great time is had by all. So much laughing and groaning at once.