Her Mother's Daughter is the debut novel of Alice Fitzgerald and I think that the cover picture depicts the story very well, as we see a mother and daughter together but at the same time so very far apart. The story has family secrets which stem back to the time of Josephines mum giving birth to her brother and something unthinkable happens that stays with Josephine all her life. She ends up leaving the family home in 1980 and goes to London to build a new life for herself. Then seventeen years later she receives a call from her sister saying she should return home as her mother is dying and wishes to see her. By now Josephine is married and has two children Clare who is ten and her brother Thomas. Part of the story is written with Josephines story and part in Clare's story and we find out what did happen all those years ago and the fact that it is still haunting Josephine and now she has her daughter to protect as well. The effects have Josephine turning to drink and family life is not a happy place for the children. We always get the picture that mother and daughter from both generations have a lot of healing to do and you have to hope that they will reach a loving relationship.