The Other Mother: A wickedly honest parenting tale for every kind of family

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The Other Mother: A wickedly honest parenting tale for every kind of family

The Other Mother: A wickedly honest parenting tale for every kind of family

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The Other Mother" follows 13 year old Michael Parsons. He's dealing with the fallout from his father's death two years earlier. He is also responsible for his younger sister and brother and has to go and collect money owed his stepfather Glen. Michael also has to meet with the school therapist as well. When Michael wakes up one day though he realizes that his mother is not his mother anymore. Instead his mother has been replaced by someone else, the 'other mother' and Michael plans on doing what he can to make sure that he tells him where his mother is so he can save her. After we get that far, I don’t know who from whom, what’s going on, who’s the villain, who’s innocent, who’s insane, and who’s perfectly healthy. We have about five different twists, and frankly, I wasn’t happy with the eventual explanation. The primary twist was okay, but predictable if you had put any thought into the book. The other twists were obvious at the beginning and seemed to disappear completely and then resurface at the end, after you think they couldn’t possibly have led to anything. The book is full of red herrings, but only 25% are actually i This theory suggests that Coraline actually threw away the key in the other world, ensuring that she’ll never be able to escape it.

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I found this hard work. Jen seemed to spend the whole book moaning. I know it was about mothering and the things that it involved but until towards the end she didn't mention much positive things about parenting and it was depressing. I kept reading because I was curious how it would end up. My wife and I have children with the last one coming under the wire when I was 4 days shy of 43. How often do I see myself and my family so truly depicted in stories? Never. If I had to sum it up… it just kept surprising me. It’s split up by diff pov and — no spoilers — I was always gasping with each new pov!Coraline meets three ghost children when she is pushed into a tiny room after an argument with the Other Mother. As it turns out, The Other Mother has captured the souls of the ghost children and has left them to wander around in the parallel universe, lost. The first ghost child is a subdued young girl while the second one is a relatively bold and outspoken ghost boy. The last ghost girl is a fairy girl who seems very much like Coraline. All three of them warn Coraline of the dangers ahead and help her defeat The Other Mother in various ways. Ultimately, the souls of the ghost children are set free through Coraline’s dedicated efforts and the three children wander off into the universe. As many thrillers as I read, it was bound to happen that I read two in a row that I could compare and contrast. That had some elements that were the same, but also many that were different of course. Still, an interesting mind game for me. Anyway, this was winning in the atmosphere, suspense game, both made my head spin. Then, however, came the ending, where this one lost a little ground. It was thrilling for sure, but it was rushed, and after that provocative beginning, this was jarring. Stood out like a sore thumb. I was clueless for one big revelation, one I particularly liked, but others had me shaking my head. Wondering how this exactly came together, just didn't quite make sense.

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The job's location was not the best place to be with her paranoia and the history of the mansion. Odd things would happen and strange sounds would occur that had Daphne second guessing her leaving. How Billie took over the caregiving of her daughter to the point of obsession was very strange.

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An atmospheric and harrowing tale, richly literary in complexity but ripe with all the crazed undertones, confusions, and forebodings inherent in the gothic genre. Recommend this riveting, du Maurier–like novel to fans of Jennifer McMahon.” — Booklist (starred review) Coraline shook her head. 'Why don't you play with me?' she asked. 'Busy,' he said. 'Working,' he added. He still hadn't turned around to look at her." God, the fact that Micheal and his mom both cared so much about each other that they hid vital information about his father's death. If you need me I'll be sobbing face down on the floor THE OTHER MOTHER is not something I normally read. It actually was a bit bizarre, dark, and tense for me, but the twists and turns in the storyline and the pull-you-in writing kept me reading. When the book started out it reminded me of Bachman’s my grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry and I was ready to invest in the story of the young narrator, but the writing just wasn’t strong enough.

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Jen and chlo are a gay couple who decide to have children, however this is not as easy for them as it is for a heterosexual couple, we read about the trials and tribulations of getting pregnant via IVF and how the whole experience feels for Jen as the non biological/ other mother! The early days of motherhood with twins is portrayed in a very realistic open manner, which made for a refreshing,humorous read perfect for any new parents!

It was stuffed with saw dust instead of cotton when spying on Coraline. This reflects her other creations too, as other Wybie, the hummingbirds and the circus mice are full of saw dust too. The loss of him fills her body, courses through her veins. And now, as her memories replay over and over, she can’t help but feel it all—the sadness, the loss, the love she had and perhaps still has for him—flowing into her limbs, making her skin twitch, her fingers ache, till it spills from her eyes as tears.” The other people in the corridor—three children, two adults—were somehow too insubstantial to touch the door. But their hands closed about hers, as she pulled on the big iron door handle, and suddenly she felt strong. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible – A pair of retired actresses who live in the flat under Coraline's. They own many aging Scotties and talk in theater jargon, often referencing their time as actresses. In the Other World, they are youthful and perform continuously in front of many different dogs, who, in the Other World, are anthropomorphic. Michael misses his father, suffering from anger management issues, seeing school therapist, standing up to school’s bullies, taking care of his siblings even though he hardly stands their quirky antics and collecting money to pay his debt to his stepfather.



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