The Threadbare Heart is a story about a mother and a daughter torn apart by grief, jealousy and
misunderstanding — and the family heirloom that finally brings them together. To celebrate its
publication, and in honor of Mother’s Day, we are joining with Jennie Nash, the author of The Threadbare Heart, and hosting a contest. Who is your favorite fictional mother and daughter?
We want to know which fictional mother-daughter pair made you laugh? Made you cry? Made you cringe? Which pair revealed something true about your own mother-daughter relationships? (And yes, mothers and daughters in film are eligible too).
Just leave a comment here with your entry about your favorite fictional mother-daughter pair. Be creative in your response. Your entry can be up to 250 words (This post to the 5th paragraph ending “understand” is about 250 words) and will be judged on writing style and content (answering who was your favorite and why).
The winner’s entry will be posted here on Sunday May 9. That winner will receive a signed copy of The Threadbare Heart, a book about an estranged mother-daughter pair who are brought together in grief. Only one entry (on any blog) per person. This contest is open to U.S. shipping addresses only. You must submit your entry by 8:00am Eastern on May 8. See other participating blogs at JennieNash.com.
The author Jennie Nash will look at each blog’s winning entry and select the Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize winner will receive a Book Club in a Box — ten signed copies of The Threadbare Heart, a call-in from the author, and a delicious rum cake to share with your book-reading friends. (Why rum cake? You’ll have to read the book to understand!)
Even if you’re not in a bookclub, this prize would be a great excuse to host a girls’ night in, perhaps getting together with some of your real-life favorite mother-daughter duos.
You can read my full review of The Threadbare Heart at 5 Minutes for Mom, and leave a comment over there to enter to win a signed copy of the book (through May 16).
Read the first chapter of The Threadbare Heart and see if you like it as much as I do.
To sum up — two contests here:
- You can enter to win a copy of the novel and read my review over at 5 Minutes for Mom through May 16
- Leave your entry in the comments about your favorite Mother-Daughter duo right here on this post for a chance to win a copy of the book, have your entry published here, and be entered for the grand prize, through May 8 at 8:00am Eastern
Jennifer Donovan blogs at Snapshot, not nearly as insightfully as Jennie Nash does in her novels.
This sounds like a fabulous book that I would love to read with my daughter as well as a few of my girlfriends and their daughters. My favorite mother-daughter duo? There are so many I love, but I think that the mother and daughter from The Princess Diaries is the one that stands out to me right now. My oldest daughter (who is almost 19) and I always watch these types of movies together. Now that she’s in college we don’t get the opportunity to do it as often, but it’s still on my mind a lot. Occasionally we’ll text each other or call to say we see one of our favorites on television.
I think the mother-daughter duo in The Princess Diaries is my favorite because of the type of relationship they have in allowing each other to be creative and different. They’re friends, but the mother has set boundaries that she expects the daughter to abide by. The daughter may sometimes break the rules or be defiant (and what she does isn’t normally that bad!), but she always comes around.
Their relationship and closeness stand the test of time, maturation, distance and circumstance. It’s exactly what Amber (my sweet teenager) and I have.
Favorite Mother-daughter duo…tough one.
I hate to go celebrity on you but I like Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson. They are both so cheerful and upbeat and have a wonderful love and respect for each other. thanks.
Let’s see….favorite mother-daughter duo…that’s hard…I think I would have to say that I admire my best friend clare and her mother for their relationship. I always wished I had the same kind of relationship with my mom as they have.
Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson are my fav mother-daughter duo. Their relationship seems amazing.
My all-time favorite mother-daughter duo are Lorelei and Rory Gilmore of Gilmore Girls!
I would say Laura Ingalls and her Mom from Little House on the Prairie. Even though Laura was a daddy’s girl, her Mom was always there for her.
My sister and my Mom. Shelly was able to move to Iowa where my Mom had relocated years ago. They spend a lot of time together doing things and really are enjoying being down the street from each other. They help each other in the good times and the bad. I am some times jealous of that, but also happy for them. Kind of weird right? But honest!
Tippie Hedrin-Melanie Griffith comes to mind.
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A few months ago I read Mindy Friddle’s novel The Secret Keepers. Emma Hanley and her daughter Dora were the first ones that popped into my head. Neither woman really understands or approves of the other’s life choices but they’re still there for each other despite all the fighting and miscommunication. And what mother-daughter duo hasn’t experienced miscommunication? They eventually help each other make difficult choices. Friddle truly illustrates the complexity(and just plain unpredictability)of female relationships.
loreli and rory definately
Funny, but my first thought was of Eloise and her non-existent mother. Perhaps credit should go to her Nanny, who I love, too!
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I love the relationship between Loreli and Rory! That is one of my all-time favorite series! I also love Elise Keaton’s relationship with Jennifer and Mallory and Claire Huxtable with her daughters! 🙂