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Things I Want My Daughters to Know (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Noble (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141030011
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141030012
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,371 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'My beautiful girls. If you've read this, you'll know it contains some - not all, but some - of the things I want my daughters to know. And the greatest of these is love ...' How would you say goodbye to those you love most in the world? Barbara must say a final farewell to her four daughters. But how can she find the words? And how can she leave them when they each have so much growing up to do? There's commitment-phobic Lisa. Brittle, unhappily married Jennifer. Free-spirited traveller Amanda. And teenage Hannah, stumbling her way towards adulthood. Barbara's answer is to write each daughter a letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams and secrets she couldn't always voice. These words will touch the girls in different - sometimes shocking - ways, unlocking emotions and passions to set them on their own journey of discovery through life.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fantastic read, 24 Sep 2008
By Miss Jessica (West Midlands,England) - See all my reviews
This book made me cry on the very first page.Something a book has never made me do before,the third or fourth maybe,but never the first.This book is about a woman who is dieing from cancer and has four very different daughters who she is leaving behind.Lisa in a loving relationship but terrified of commitment.Unhappily married Jennifer.Amanda the traveler who's never in one place to long is this because she likes adventure or because she's running away? And teenager Hannah who's mother is leaving her just when she needs her the most.Barbara decides to keep a journal and write letters to her daughters voicing her hopes, fears, dreams and secrets for the four girls.Giving them advice on how to love,how to live and how to let her go.I was very impressed with this and will be looking out for more by Elizabeth Noble in the future,enjoy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Bit shallow, 5 Feb 2009
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This is moderately easy to read and follows the events in the lives of four daughters bereaved of their mum. It also looks at their responses to letters she wrote each of them before she died and which were presented to them after her death. I was a little disappointed at the lack of depth in examining their thoughts and feelings as there was potential to explore these in much more detail and this might have been helpful to others who are bereaved.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Slightly let down...., 5 Jan 2009
By Andrea Smith (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This book didn't really do it for me; I had expected to like it, based on the fantastic reviews below, but I found it distinctly average. I am not sure if it was the combination of the somewhat unlikeable characters, or the fact that the book seemed to be at times a corny discussion about love. Or maybe a combination of the two. I have to admit that the author succeeds in depicting emotion and rivalry between four sisters, but as a whole I found the book was just 'ok' and ultimately rather bland.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Things I Want My Daughter To Know
This book was enjoyable,also makes one think what one would do faced with a same situation.
Published 9 days ago by Ms. Ka Hitchman

3.0 out of 5 stars Things readers should know
This is the story of Barbara and her four daughters. We never meet Barbara as she has passed on well before her time of cancer. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Joanne D'Arcy

5.0 out of 5 stars An emotional rollercoaster!
If I'm honest i wasn't looking forward to reading this book, it had been passed on to me by a friend who, after it had sat on my bookshelf for months, had began to pester me about... Read more
Published 2 months ago by cup cake

3.0 out of 5 stars Had the potential to be so much better...
First of all, I did enjoy this novel for the most part. Barbara relates various issues and idea's via letters and journal entries to her four daughters when she finds out she is... Read more
Published 3 months ago by LittleReader

4.0 out of 5 stars Things I want my Daughters to Know
This book was our book group choice for July 09. We all enjoyed the book, found it an easy read, and had a good discussion about it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by P. Wood

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Wow! I have finished this book and wish that i'd read it sore slowly so that there was more!
I laughed, cried and smiled a number of times with this one. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Becky

5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT
I know it's only April, but this is going to be the best book I will read in 2009.

Bubbly, funny Barbara dies of cancer at the age of 60, leaving her four daugthers... Read more
Published 7 months ago by titta

5.0 out of 5 stars Things I want my daughter to know
A wonderful book I cried from page one that does not mean this was in any way a sad book very thought provoking with an overall feel good factor.
Published 7 months ago by readaholic

5.0 out of 5 stars Things I want my daughters to know
I could only read a few pages at a time during the start of this book, due to crying. It really moved me, it gripped me also as I had to keep going back for more... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. N. G. Philpott

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it more than I thought I would
I read this book because I found the idea of the journal from the grave an interesting one. I know this has been tackled in novels before but I was curious to see how it was... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Janie U

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