Like Mother, Like Daughter

A Novel

By: Kimberly McCreight

Narrated by: Olivia Campbell, Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! • From the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia: A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance • "A breathless, shocking thriller." —Jodi Picoult

The past never stays buried for too long, and what you don't know can definitely hurt you.⁠

“Deeply satisfying”—Angie Kim • “Gripping and bingeable."—Ana Reyes • “As suspenseful as it is thought-provoking."—Greer Hendricks

When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened.

But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.

Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo . . .

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it’s a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it’s too late.

©2024 Kimberly McCreight (P)2024 Like Mother, Like Daughter

Critic reviews

A CBS New York Book Club Pick

“I think you’ll be into it. I love a summer mystery.” —Jenna Bush Hager, the TODAY Show

“A deeply satisfying nail-biter that is, at its heart, a beautiful love story of a mother and a daughter who must dig through each other’s secrets to find true connection and save each other. I couldn’t put it down.” —Angie Kim, international best-selling author of Miracle Creek and Happiness Fallsm

“Gripping and bingeable, Like Mother, Like Daughter revolves around a realistically complex relationship between a mother and her estranged daughter. I rooted for Cleo and Kat as they raced to save each other from menacing exes, a tragic past, and a dangerous present. I had plenty of theories reading it yet the ending caught me totally off guard!” —Ana Reyes, New York Times best-selling author of The House in the Pines

"I am a huge fan of Kimberly McCreight’s books and she has done it again. A gripping thriller that explores the challenging complexities of the mother-daughter relationship and the immense pressure that society puts on mothers to do and be all things, Like Mother, Like Daughter is as suspenseful as it is thought-provoking. I couldn’t put it down."—Greer Hendricks, best-selling co-author of The Wife Between Us

Excellent. You won't be disappointed!

I am pleasantly suprised to find a first rate novel after a series of mediocre ones. A great plot, interesting characters, including minor ones, a plot that hung together very well, kept my attention, had terrific plot twists, was believable, well paced, all in all a great novel. Even a good narrator. You won't be disappointed.

Excellent!

An incredibly moving and well told story. The reader did a great job bringing each character to life

Great book!

Don’t miss this one. It was excellent and hard to figure out what happened. Must read.

How every character really had a part of the story.

Narrator at when reading the legal documents was very boring and took a way the momentum of the story.

Intriguing story with unexpected twists and turns.

I thought the narrators did an incredible job considering the number of characters and interweaving storylines.

A great story to listen to

This is a very easy to listen to and follow story. The plot is intriguing and keeps you guessing. The family dynamic is a bit off. Without giving anything away, the mother and daughter relationship seemed cliche. A little too much Hallmark-ish. But I binge listened to it, so it had me entertained. Overall, I would rate this an A-.

Amazing!!

This book definitely lived up to the hype! I loved the multiple points of view and the intertwining timelines. The story took so many twists and turns that I could not predict where it was headed or what to focus on—my favorite kind of thriller!

Kimberly McCreight does a phenomenal job portraying the joys and fears of motherhood. The dedication alone is heartwarming ♥️ Throughout the book, you cannot help but empathize with Kat, who is surrounded by people who took advantage of her during her lowest moments and others who, unexpectedly, cared deeply and did everything in their power to find her.

I could go on and on—it was that good! Seriously, get yourself a copy and start reading it already. You will not regret it.

🎧 Special shoutout to the Campbell family: Olivia and Cassandra, who narrated, and Danny Campbell, who directed the audiobook. They were such a great fit!

You just never know!

Great read! A solid 4.8 and unexpected ending! You just never knew who it was!

Cleo’s narrator fell short

The story was ok but I found myself having a hard time getting into it mainly because of the person performing Cleo’s chapters. She made Cleo sound much younger and whinier than she was supposed to be and didn’t change the influx in her voice much between characters to differentiate them. I felt like it hurt the story.

Disappointing

I have loved all of her books. This was really disappointing… And the narrators voice for the daughter was terrible. Super annoying. Ended up listening at a 1.8 just to finish.