The Real Mother
The Real Mother by Judith Michael is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on November 29, 2005. This 512-page novel explores the complexities of family dynamics as Sara navigates her responsibilities toward her ten-year-old brother Doug and teenage sisters Carrie and Abby. After sacrificing her dreams to care for them, Sara’s life is disrupted by the unexpected return of her brother Mack, whose erratic behavior poses a threat to the stability she has worked hard to establish.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of love, loyalty, and the challenges of maintaining family unity in the face of adversity. As Mack’s influence grows, Sara seeks support from Reuben Lister, a New Yorker with his own hidden past. Together, they confront their individual struggles while discovering what it means to create a true family. This edition is presented in English and offers a compelling look at the trials of familial relationships and the quest for connection.
Official synopsis Publisher
Love is never the end of the story,
only the begining.
Mack Hayden, volatile and dangerous, shows up, all smiles, on Sara’s doorstep. Sara has been struggling to build a new life for herself and her ten-year-old brother Doug and teenage sisters Carrie and Abby, after she was forced to give up her dreams and come home to Chicago to take care of them.
Now Mack, the brother who had abandoned them three years earlier, is threatening to undercut everything she does. Swinging dangerously from kindness to mystery to cruelty, he begins to win over the children with expensive gifts and fascinating stories, challenging Sara’s efforts to keep the family together.
With events at home and at work seeming out of control, Sara desperately needs an ally. She finds one in Reuben Lister, a transplanted New Yorker, lonely and guarding his own secrets. Dealing with both the past and the present, Reuben and Sara discover a closeness neither has known before, as they find for themselves what truly makes a family.
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