In den Augen meiner Mutter

A family novel that goes under the skin: Is the pregnant Georgie ready to find out what her mother has been hiding for 20 years? 30-year-old Georgie is eight months pregnant when she accidentally receives a clue about her mother Nancy's whereabouts. Twenty years ago, Nancy simply left her family – without explanation, without goodbye. Now that Georgie is about to become a mother herself, she finds it even harder to understand than she did back then. But she feels the need for answers in order to finally find peace in her own life. Together with her brother Dan, Georgie travels to the Scottish Highlands, where her mother has been reported in the media. Along the way, memories of her childhood resurface, raising more and more questions. Was it Georgie's fault that Nancy left? And was her father really the hero of the story? What the siblings discover about their family shakes all their certainties and calls into question Georgie's own decisions. Sensitive and moving, without becoming sentimental, Jo Leevers' touching family novel "In the Eyes of My Mother" tells of the dynamics within a family, the bonds between mothers and their children, of lies and secrets, and how our memories can deceive us. A poignant family story that will deeply resonate with readers of "Where the Crawdads Sing" or "The End of Loneliness.".