The sins of the mother
By: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444819540
Subjects: Families; Cancer; Mothers; Mothers and daughters; Businesswomen; Fiction
Description: Legendary businesswoman Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for her family to enjoy. More than anything, she hopes to express her love, and her regret at missing so much during her children's early years. But her younger daughter, Cassie, refuses the invitation altogether. Liz, her older daughter, is preoccupied. And her sons, John and Phillip, work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn't. This should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard. As each of them confronts the past, they find a mother who is strong enough to take more than her share of blame, and loving enough to accept them as they are. The question is: can they do the same for her?

Having missed much of her children's lives while she built a home-furnishings empire, Olivia Grayson arranges a family vacation in the Mediterranean in the hopes of rekindling ties only to confront painful interpersonal dynamics and unexpected revelations.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam Press, 2012.