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I've been reading quite a bit lately and this is the one book this year that has really made me think that there was something underneath just the story - which is this: Each and every choice you make in life, can not only change the course of your own life, but the lives of those around you quite profoundly.

In this book, it only begins with Justine choosing to join the WAC during WWII and Martha Claire choosing to raise a family in her hometown with her high school sweetheart.

Those seemingly separate choices intertwine to affect all that join their family subsequently in ways they never imagined.

I love this book and will surely read it again someday. I rated it 4 stars, because of the sadness I felt for some of the characters at times. Ironically, for that, it should be rated 5 stars.

A touching generational story about a family in torment.
Judith Henry Wall's novel, "My Mother's Daughter," is the poignant story of two sisters, Justine and Martha Claire Mayfield, who live in a small Texas town. After Justine goes off to serve in World War II, she comes back a changed woman, and the entire Mayfield family undergoes a series of shocks which alter their lives forever. The book is a little melodramatic at times, and it has some unfortunate soap opera elements. However, Wall's book has strong redeeming features. She describes the Texas town of Columbus lovingly and in great detail. Wall has a deft touch with dialogue and the narrative flows smoothly throughout the book, as the author describes the joys and the tragedies in the lives of the sisters and their loved ones. I was drawn into the story of Justine, Marie Claire and their children, and I found Wall's old-fashioned storytelling effective and moving. She shows how fallible human beings make serious mistakes and hurt themselves and the people whom they love the most. Above all, this book shows how the nuclear family is the most bloody battleground of all. The family can be a source of great happiness or of great pain. Wall makes the reader care about her characters and sympathize with their anguish. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy generational stories.

An Excellent Family Saga
Most authors are hard-pressed to create a story with realistic characters and plots. In *My Mother's Daughter*, Judith Henry Wall makes you feel and understand the characters in the best way!

When you read most books, how many can say that they could imagine the characters as neighbors? Or perhaps any 'Joe Blow' on the street? The players in this family saga came across as THAT real to me. Everything they did was realistic as per their unique personalities and I could imagine this family as any on my block.

If you're looking for realism, a change from the overblown "fiction" usually read, this story is a must read! A definite (A) in my book!