Not My Daughter

Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky When Susan Tates
seventeen-year-old daughter Lily announces she is pregnant
Susan is stunned. A single mother she has struggled to do
everything right. She sees the pregnancy as an
unimaginable tragedy for both Lily and herself. Then comes
word of two more pregnancies among high school juniors who
happen to be Lilys best friends-and the town turns to talk
of a pact. As fingers start pointing the most ardent
criticism is directed at Susan. As principal of the high
school she has always been held up as a role model of hard
work and core values. Now her detractors accuse her of
being a lax mother perhaps not worthy of the job of
shepherding impressionable students. As Susan struggles
with the implications of her daughters pregnancy her job
financial independence and long-fought-for dreams are all
at risk. The emotional ties between mothers and daughters
are stretched to breaking in this emotionally wrenching
story of love and forgiveness. Once again Barbara Delinsky
has given us a powerful novel one that asks a central
question: What does it take to be a good mother?