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Lila Pereira was two years old when her father had her mother committed to an asylum, never to be seen by Lila again. Pouring her unsolved emotional traumas into her career she rises to success while her family-life suffers. When her daughter Grace grows up feeling abandoned she becomes a reporter and tries to connect by finding out more about her family she barely knows. How can you know yourself if you don't know where you came from . . . ?
An exhilarating portrait of a family, marriage, ambition, power, the stories we inherit, and the lies we tell to become the people we believe we are meant to be, Like Mother, Like Mother is an enthralling and razor-sharp multigenerational story about strong-willed women unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family's past.
“A sprawling family saga, Like Mother, Like Mother briskly told with the lightest of touches and an often-surprising sense of humor.” -- Rumaan Alam, bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, Entitlement, and Rich and Pretty