Mothers & Other Liars

Fellow nestie Jennie won the an ARC (advanced reading copy) of Mothers & Other Liars by Amy Bourret on Goodreads. It was such a good book she decided to start a nestie book tour for it. I was the second to get it, and I finished it in less than 2 days (probably could have finished it in one sitting if we weren't so busy). I really enjoyed it. My only minor annoyance was that there were a LOT of similes.. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love a good simile every once in awhile, but there was an overload of them in the book. But the story is so good it's easy to get past that, or at least it was for me.


The book is about 27 year old Ruby and her 9 year old daughter Lark. Within the first couple pages, you learn that Ruby reads something in a tabloid about her daughter that worries her. Turns out the abandoned baby she rescued 9 years ago from a gas station garbage can was in fact a "kidnapped" baby (the baby's mother was carjacked, and her car was stolen, along with the baby in her car seat). No one in Ruby's life knew that Lark wasn't biologically hers, or how Ruby came about Lark. Ruby is torn between doing the right thing (reporting what really happened that day and giving up Lark to her biological parents) or or keeping quiet and not breaking up their happy little family. The rest of the book is about Ruby's torn feelings, her decision and the results of her decision. It is an amazing book, especially if you're a mother (as the two previous readers in the ARC tour are), but even if you're not, you'll find it tugging at your heart strings. I recommend it to anyone who likes Jodi Picoult or Billie Letts (or any other similar author). It is released in book stores (and libraries) nationwide on August 3rd. Check it out!