Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

BATB score: 6/10 🥶

Best as: 400+ pages long novel about the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, about never truly knowing your mother’s story, and re-kindling what seems impossible

BATB lingering thought: it’s just long~~~~

Best for: you know how your mother is your worst enemy; this novel shares two daughters’ journey to try to unlock mom 🥹

Best to: are you willing to put in the work to re-kindle with mom, knowing that a better relationship can exist? cue psychologist. traumatic max.

Best quotes: “Everyone broke - and held themselves together - in their own way.”

“Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.”

“Words were like pennies, fallen into corners and down the cracks, not worth the effort of collecting.”

“Mom was as warm to her granddaughters as she was cold to her daughters.”