01975cam a2200337 i 4500 1022719656 TxAuBib 20231013120000.0 230317s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023012573 9781668019061 166801906X DLC eng rda DLC IMmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda McMahon, Jennifer, author. My darling girl / Jennifer McMahon. First Scout Press hardcover edition. New York : Scout Press, 2023. 308 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison's estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother's alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories. Still, she eventually agrees to take in Mavis, hoping that she and her mother could finally heal and have the relationship she's always dreamed of. But when mysterious and otherworldly things start happening upon Mavis's arrival, Alison begins to suspect her mother is not quite who she seems. And as the holiday festivities turn into a nightmare, she must confront just how far she is willing to go to protect her family. Provided by publisher. 20231012. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Family violence Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Novels. TXNES