All My Mothers

Written By Miriam Hanna

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

Reviewed by Mimi
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Many thanks to @boroughpress for sending this through! ♥️

Wow, this has got the be one of the best books I have read in a long time. Eva Martínez-Green has a suspicion that her mother is not her mother. She struggles with a Father who is never around and a Mother constantly breaking down. When a teacher asks everyone to bring in a baby photo and Eva can't, her suspicions become to feel more real and she embarks on a journey to try and find out where she came from. The mothers that Eva interacts with are given a colour and she has these maternal figures dotted through her childhood and young adult life. When she studies at university and makes a move to Spain, the adventure and the clarity start to build. We see Eva go through grief, love, disappointment and every other emotion in a way that made me really care for her.

This novel is expertly crafted. It flows so beautifully and the characters are so vibrant. I was totally enamoured at every stage of the story. There were so many heartbreaking moments and I absolutely loved the story. It really makes you think, what is a mother and who are you mothered by? Is it blood that defines that relationship or something deeper? How do you go through life if you feel you don't know who you are?

Go and get this one, I loved it!

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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