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Between Here and April: A Novel

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Deborah Kogan's novel, "Between Here and April" is a multi-generational answer to the question "what makes a good mother?" Kogan's main character, Elizabeth Burns, is a busy wife and mother-of-two daughters, who is also a television producer. After a fainting incident while attending a production of "Medea", she remembers the disappearance of a childhood friend, who she subsequently finds out was murdered by her mother, along with an older sister. This information sets off doubts about her relationships with her own mother and with her two young daughters. There are some attendant issues with her own husband and a former boyfriend who pops up on the scene.

Kogan's book is well-written, but often strays from her central point of mothers, daughters, post-partum problems, and suicide. It could use some judicious editing. But I enjoyed it and thought about the issues she raises.