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Can I read The Reluctant Daughter on EtoBox?
The Reluctant Daughter by Lesléa Newman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Reluctant Daughter about?
A story every daughter will recognize, The Reluctant Daughter depicts the struggles of Lydia Pinkowitz to communicate the realities of her life as a lesbian, as a feminist scholar, and as the woman she has become to her mother Doris. After years of hoping to attain her mother’s love and acceptance while struggling to live a true and honest life, Lydia eventually acknowledges her mother will never really see her. When Doris develops a life-threatening illness, Lydia is forced to make a life-and-death decision of her own: should she make one final attempt to heal her relationship with her mother or simply let her go?
Who reads The Reluctant Daughter?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lesléa Newman
- Publisher
- Bold Strokes Books
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781602821187
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14