I am not sure why I didn’t like this book. I finished it and that says something. Lately I just put them down if I get bogged down but maybe because it was for Book Club.
It is the story of two sisters and a father that kills their mother and stabs one of the sisters as the other runs for help. The mother is not nice and the relatives’ are not either. The sisters end up in an orphanage and a social worker fosters them to her home. Meanwhile the youngest keeps visiting her father in jail.
I did have a favorite quote from the eldest as she works with the almost old women, “I didn’t pretend otherwise; I didn’t want to be one of those females who were surprised by their swift fall, women who barely had time to wave good-bye at being beautiful, being needed, or being wooded as they slid toward retirement and the gray world of invisibility.’
In spite of my review my Book Club found a lot to talk about!

I found the book hard to put down, although I really didn't like any of the characters. I still got hooked in the drama.

I liked this book a lot. It is a little depressing simply because of the subject matter but it's a great read and a good character study.

As a society we typically overlook the children of convicted criminals and the challenges they face trying to cope without a stable family and with the stigma of having a murderer as a parent. The Murderer's Daughter is a deeply emotional novel that could easily be translated to the big screen.

Interesting and unique story.......gives book clubs lots to talk about.

I really enjoyed this book. The very first chapter just launches into the meat of the story, which after "Cutting For Stone" I really appreciated. The alternating narrative was a great way to tell the story, although I did wish that as the girls grew up they would have become more introspective. I ached for the girls when they were children and wanted to smack them both at times once they grew into adults. They were frustrating and yet you love them, sort of like family.

It wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. Was disappointed in the development of the characters.