In the dramatic conclusion to the New York Times best seller Her Mother’s Hope, Francine Rivers delivers a rich and deeply moving story about the silent sorrows that can tear a family apart and the grace and forgiveness that can heal even the deepest wounds.
Growing up isn’t easy for little Carolyn Arundel. With her mother, Hildemara, quarantined to her room with tuberculosis, Carolyn forms a special bond with her oma Marta, who moves in to care for the household. But as tensions between Hildie and Marta escalate, Carolyn believes she is to blame. When Hildie returns to work and Marta leaves, Carolyn and her brother grow up as latchkey kids in a world gripped by the fear of the Cold War.
College offers Carolyn the chance to find herself, but a family tragedy shatters her newfound independence. Rather than return home, she cuts all ties and disappears into the heady counterculture of San Francisco. When she reemerges two years later, more lost than ever, she reluctantly turns to her family to help rebuild a life for her and her own daughter, May Flower Dawn.
Just like Carolyn, May Flower Dawn develops a closer bond with her grandmother, Hildie, than with her mother, causing yet another rift between generations. But as Dawn struggles to avoid the mistakes of those who went before her, she vows that somehow she will be a bridge between the women in her family rather than the wall that separates them forever.
Spanning from the 1950s to present day, Her Daughter’s Dream is the emotional final chapter of an unforgettable family saga about the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter—and the very nature of unconditional love.
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Violence - 2/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 2/5
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Summary
Overall This book is the continuation of Her mother's hope. It is the story of Hildie and Carolyn and the breach in the relationship between grandmother, mother and daughter. It is very moving, very interesting and at the end everything is resolved, but the pain of so many years of misunderstandings had a toll in the young life of
Carolyn, who was lost in many bad decisions. Somewhat she finds her way back to God and her family and things were coming together but the wounds her old life had left on her will be hard to overcome.
Violence some violence, although not very explicit or shocking.
Language none that I recall
Sexual Carolyn is involved in drugs and alcohol and promiscuous behavior that led her into some sex encounters, which are more implied and described very lightly.
Drug & Alcohol Carolyn was involved in drugs and alcohol while she joined the hippies movement, but the descriptions are not crude at all.