Susannah's Garden

3.5 Stars

I love this story. Some parts of it remind me of my own time as a young adult when I left home. It's a difficult time for parents and daughters. Young girls grow up and want to get out and experience life but parents, especially father's of daughters, have a hard time letting them go. They love them so much they want to save them from any pain they may encounter but in the process they are preventing them from living their own lives. Even though they are acting out of love they are effectively putting them in prison and sometimes expect them to do things and achieve dreams they failed to do. A daughter is a new woman though with dreams and aspirations of her own.

I've read this book many times but it never grows old for me.