The Murderer’s Daughters was the first book recommended to me at the beginning of summer. Surely strange for a guy to read a novel about a story consisting of mainly two female characters, but the idea behind the story was intriguing. An alcoholic man comes home in a rage, kills his wife, and nearly kills his youngest daughter, Merry. The book chronicles the lives of the two daughters as they live with these scars for the rest of their lives.
Lulu and Merry come from a broken family and struggle to find relatives to care for them. When their grandma passes away, they are left to the orphanage system. They pass through school together. Eventually Lulu goes off to college and becomes a doctor with a family. Merry becomes a parole officer, but never finds a suitable man.
Lulu absolutely despises her father, never having any contact with him. Merry stays in contact with her father through visits and letters. It’s interesting to see how the different views and actions of the daughters reflect on their lives. (Chapters are written with points of view from each character.) The culmination of the past 30 years really comes to life when the father is finally released and we see how the daughters cope.
The beginning and ending of the story are very climatic. The middle can become a bit slow even though years pass within a page. I can’t deny that the story is a bit sad, but I think that’s what makes the book a good read.
My rating for The Murderer’s Daughters: 3 stars out of 5. Get it here!
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