Evelyn, Laura, and Grace. Grandmother, mother, and daughter. This book follows the stories of all three women, some living in the present, some told through past reflections. They live in a college town, they get married and have children in the college town, they never leave the college town, some of them die in the college town. And each one wonders what her life has amounted to.A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl by Jean Thompson is definitely the perfect book club book! You'll find yourself thinking of all the things you don't really know about your own mom as you read about the relationships between Evelyn and her daughter Laura, and Laura and her daughter Grace. How much can we really understand our mothers (and fathers, for that matter) when we're living in a different time and generation than them?
It's also some interesting food for thought about how the choices we make affect our future and the future of our children and their children and so on. Not to mention, there's the whole theme of what is a woman's role? To have a job? To care for the children? To be a caretaker to all?
If you're looking for a book that is ripe for discussion, then I think A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl is it!
A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl is published by Simon & Schuster and is on bookstore shelves now. I received a free advance review copy at BookExpo.
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