Her Mother's Daughter

Sisters Bay and Tansy grew up side-by-side in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, but were complete opposites. Bay, a quiet homebody, stayed in Louisbourg and lived with her mother and her daughter, Ashley. Alone ever since she was widowed at a very young age, Bay's closest thing to a love interest is her friend Dermot, who has been trying to break through her barriers for years. Wild, beautiful, restless Tansy, on the other hand, left town suddenly as a teenager and stayed away for years, even when Bay and Tansy's mother died. Her life has been glamorous, luxurious, and lonely. And now, Tansy is home. Home, and unwittingly falling in love with her sister's almost-boyfriend. Home, and befriending Ashley when all Bay can do is fight with her now-teenage daughter. Home, and desperately hiding the real reason she fled all those years ago. When Ashley becomes pregnant, the sisters draw closer together in order to help her. But the closer you dare, the harder it is to keep secrets, and when Tansy's darkest secret comes to light, it threatens to shatter what's left of her family forever. Complex and heartwarming, Her Mother's Daughter is an exploration of family and friends and the tangled skeins of love, mistakes, and secrets twisting between us all. Includes a reader's guide and interview with the author.