The artist’s daughter
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There’s something magically delicious about entering a story, when you get lost in the setting, the sights and smells, the delightful word play that sharpens the focus as you imagine the story unfold in your mind. And when that great story can help you live a better story of your own? Even better.
The Artist’s Daughter is Alexandra Kuykendall‘s story of how she grew up a nomad with her single mother in the 80s, traveling between the U.S., Italy, and Spain—and how she first met her Spanish father at eight years old.
From there, she regales personal stories of disappointment and surprise in her father, what it was like to live life in the States while he lived a different one in Europe, and how this significant relationship has affected her up till now, as an adult with a family of her own.
Alexandra bravely delights in motherhood and in being a wife, learning how to make friends, live in new locations, and cultivate her gifts—all in the backdrop of being the child of a eccentric Spanish father and a loving American mom.
I love the questions her book poses: Am I lovable? Am I loved? And am I loving?
Her first book is her own story, and it’s a beautifully-told one. Turning the pages means getting permission to travel through France, walk cobblestoned Spanish streets, and set up grown-up lives in Colorado and Oregon. And the end left me delightfully hanging, wanting to know what happened with her father’s will.
This book is a great summer read that’s both a good story and a good thinker. Who defines us? Why do we matter? And what do we choose to do when life is less than ideal?
Giveaway
Ten readers will win a copy of Alex’s book, The Artist’s Daughter! To enter to win, leave any comment on this post. (If you’re reading this via email, please click over to the post to comment.)
The giveaway has now ended. We’ll announce the winners soon!
The artist’s daughter
There’s something magically delicious about entering a story, when you get lost in the setting, the sights and smells, the delightful word play that sharpens the focus as you imagine the story unfold in your mind. And when that great story can help you live a better story of your own? Even better.
The Artist’s Daughter is Alexandra Kuykendall‘s story of how she grew up a nomad with her single mother in the 80s, traveling between the U.S., Italy, and Spain—and how she first met her Spanish father at eight years old.
From there, she regales personal stories of disappointment and surprise in her father, what it was like to live life in the States while he lived a different one in Europe, and how this significant relationship has affected her up till now, as an adult with a family of her own.
Alexandra bravely delights in motherhood and in being a wife, learning how to make friends, live in new locations, and cultivate her gifts—all in the backdrop of being the child of a eccentric Spanish father and a loving American mom.
I love the questions her book poses: Am I lovable? Am I loved? And am I loving?
Her first book is her own story, and it’s a beautifully-told one. Turning the pages means getting permission to travel through France, walk cobblestoned Spanish streets, and set up grown-up lives in Colorado and Oregon. And the end left me delightfully hanging, wanting to know what happened with her father’s will.
This book is a great summer read that’s both a good story and a good thinker. Who defines us? Why do we matter? And what do we choose to do when life is less than ideal?
Giveaway
Ten readers will win a copy of Alex’s book, The Artist’s Daughter! To enter to win, leave any comment on this post. (If you’re reading this via email, please click over to the post to comment.)
The giveaway has now ended. We’ll announce the winners soon!
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i would love to read this. sounds like my kind of ‘get out of my own head’ kind of story.
This book sounds like a great read! The YouTube video made me cry and I agree that none of us has arrived!
I am on a memoir bender the past few years and would love to read this one!
Sounds like a really good read! As someone who grew up with an absent father, it is a subject that is very close to the heart.
Thanks for the review. I love a book that allows us to experience life through another’s eyes – whether their experiences are similar or different to ours. Either way, there are always similar threads that connect us and that we can identify with. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this fabulous book!
Sounds great.
I attended the same MOPS group as Alex (unfortunately it was just after she left) and I was blessed to hear her mother-in-law speak at MOPS. She has a wonderful, God-filled story…I keep going back to the bookstore to read it and would love to have my own copy!
Oh my goodness, I was *just thinking* what a delightful read that sounds like, and how I should add it to my own list. Oh I hope I win!
(either way, I’m reading it, I love memoirs that include continental travel!)
Sarah M
I just finished the Call the Midwife books and find myself wanting another grace filled memoir… This sounds perfect!
Sounds like a great story to read. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy. 🙂
I would love to win the book!
This sounds like a great book to read. I love reading non-fiction and especially love stories of girls growing up (since I was one and am now raising one)!
Sounds like a really fascinating journey and book.
This sounds like a great book!
Its now on my ‘to read’ list!
I love memoirs and this sounds like one that will make me think about some important issues.
I’m intrigued. And I could use a good story.
Sounds like an interesting read
This sounds wonderful. I was looking for a great book to read this summer. Thanks for the give-away! Blessings.
I could use an light, thought-provoking read.
This sounds like a really great book!
Just had a baby and well we all know how that can have you questioning who you are and what you want to be. Would love to read!
I, too, grew up with a single mother who loved to take my sister and me on amazing, wild adventures all over the globe. Although the one thing I really craved was a stable home life, the experiences she gave me have largely shaped who I am today. Now, living in the Middle East with my husband and three children, I can see how those experiences growing up in a bit of chaos and uncertainty have helped me to navigate chaotic waters in my life now…with more grace, patience, and understanding than I could have mustered up on my own. This book sounds like a fantastic memoir that may be similar to my own, if I were to ever write one! Love from Jerusalem…
that sounds wonderful, I would love to read it!
greetings from Vienna, Eva
This sounds like something I definitely will be reading whilst visiting family in Italy for the summer! Went on to my book list straight away.
That’s a really beautifully written review. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
It’s on my reading to-do list to read more memoirs. I read a bunch of biographies a few years back, but since then I’ve been reading mostly non-fiction and novels. I need to branch out a bit.
Sounds great! Maybe it can help me with my daddy issues.
I would love to read this!
I ask myself those same questions all the time…we all want to be loved….
Sounds fantastic!
I would love to read this!
Sounds like an interesting book! I’d love to win, but if not I will be hitting up my local library!
Oh funny, this book is on my wishlist!!! I am dying to read it – so I will have to grab it now that I have read this post!!!
This looks like a great read. Thank you for the chance to win!
This book recommendation comes at the perfect time. Thanks for sharing!
I am always excited to find good fiction! I read so much non-fiction, I so very much appreciate the break for my mind. Thanks for sharing the title!!
Sounds fabulous, definitely will be picking this up for vacation.
I’m ready for my next book this summer. Thanks for the giveaway!
It sounds like a beautiful story. Thanks for the giveaway.
Sounds like a great book – I love memoirs!
This looks like a great read! Added it to my summer reading list!
Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to read this!! I love reading biographies and I was just in Italy in April. We are a military family living in Europe right now and I LOVE it. There are many things about Europe that I wish were the same in the U.S. Alas, I must enjoy my time here while I can!
I read another book you recommended this summer, The Paris Wife, and it was pretty good. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would enjoy reading this book – sounds very interesting. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds delightful! And with Shauna Niequist endorsing on the cover… must be good! So, I guess this means I have to wait until Sunday before I buy it, in case I win! 🙂
Sounds like a wonderful book! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
I’d love to read this!
Having moved a lot as a child and being an only child, it was difficult. I would love to read the book to see how she dealt with it!
Sounds like a great read. I am always interested in how relationships in our early lives impact our future selves, especially now since I am a mom to a little boy.
Sounds fascinating!
I recognized her from our Mops videos. 🙂 Sounds like an incredible story. Thanks for the chance to win!
Sounds like a great book!
You’ve piqued my interest! Summer reading list just got an addition.
This looks like a great book–would love to read it!
Looks like a good book!
Thanks for the chance to win this book. It sounds amazing!
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I am ready for a book like this one! I would love to be one of the winners!
Sounds like a really good book!
This looks like a wonderful read formy summer vacation. Loved seeing the video.
wow, aren’t those the questions we all ask? I know I’m loved, but am I lovable? Loving?
I’m seeing the “am I loved” question peer out of my children’s eyes at the most random moments … goodness!
This sounds like a fascinating story..one I would love read.
This story really appeals to me. I would love to read it! Thanks!!!
Ooh! Looks like a great book. Thanks for the review!
I would love this for a summer read!
I think most of us struggle with some of those issues/questions… though we need to love ourselves to be able to be loved.
Wow what a beautiful story! I can’t wait to read this someday.
I’ve been hearing about this book and would like to read it. Thanks!
Sounds fascinating! I would love to win!
Sounds like a good read!
I can’t remember the last time I’ve read a memoir, but you had me at Italy. I’d love to read this book!
This sounds like a fascinating book, thanks for the review, Tsh. I’m adding it to my good reads list!
Didn’t I hear a segment on NPR about this book?
Sounds like a really good book. Would love to read it!
I can’t WAIT to read this book 🙂
definately my kind of book..thank you for your generosity…
Maybe this will be my book clubs next pick!
Sounds like a good read!
This sounds like a very inspirational story, that I’d be honored to read. I would love to win this book as I am always looking for something positive to read. Hearing someone else’s story many times gives me the guidance I need for my own life.
So intrigued by this true story…would really love to win the book.
This story sounds delightful! I would love to read it.
I would love to read this with my daughter of an artist who thinks her life is rough–her dad and I are still happily married though!
Sounds like a great read!
This sounds like an awesome book.
I would be delighted to win!
I love the questions the book asks, things I have been thinking about in my role as a mom. I would love to win.
I would love to read this book…
We are a family of artists living in NYC, and while still in tact, we have kind of a gypsy lifestyle traveling around….I’d love to read what it was like for her…as I anticipate when my kids are older they will be traveling alone with their dad when he goes to work, because I don’t want them to miss their father so much. I’m grateful to have your recommendation of this book in any case….Thanks!
Oh! How I love a good memoir!
Right up my alley at this point in my life. Would love to win. Thank you!
I would love to read this book! I love your review on it. 🙂 Thank you so much for this opportunity.
This sounds like the perfect beach or plane read! 🙂
Would love to read this book!
This sounds great. Thanks for the chance.
Sounds like a fabulous read – I’d love to win this!
I always love a good book!
What a wonderful read THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER promises to be. Yes please!!
Great summer read to travel to wonderful places!
This is on my to read list….now I can’t wait!
This sounds like a great story! Thanks for the review!
I love a good book! Especially in the summer. Thanks, Tsh!
Thanks for passing this along! I have really loved your other book suggestions, Tsh! It’s going on my to read list.
It’s on my list to read! I’d love ot win. 🙂
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book. Curious to read it! Thanks.
Yes, please! I love a good memoir.
Always looking for new good reads, thanks for the giveaway Tsh!
This is the kind of book I like to read on slow relaxing Sunday.
This sounds like a beautiful book – I love reading others’ stories. Going right on my wish list!
The link is broken that carries email users to the actual post- but I got here 😉 & am excited to pick up the book at some point this summer 😉
I love a good summer read–this looks like it would be a good one!
It looks like a great read! Thanks for the review.
Sounds like a great read, and a wonderful addition to my line up of memoirs to read this summer! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway (:
Will definitely be reading this book, whether I win it or not. A (true life) story I can so relate too.
Sounds great! Can’t wait to read it!!
It sounds like such an intriguing book. I would love to read it this summer! Thanks for the chance.
This looks like a fantastic read! I ‘m plowing through my summer reading list and this would be a fantastic addition!
Sounds like a great summer read!
Sounds like a great read
I would love to read this book. I’m working on having some “Me” time. I haven’t been able to read a book in almost 8 years (since my oldest daughter was born). It looks like it would be a very good book.
I think it sounds super interesting and a great summer read.
Sounds like my kind of book!
Sounds like a wonderful story. I’d love to win, but if I don’t, it’s definitely a book I’ll be looking for!
I would love to read this. Am a new mom and struggling how to be a mom and work. I wonder if this book would give me a different perspective.
I would love to read this! I’m a new mama and am looking for some clarity about working and being a mom. Hoping to get some insight about mothering…
Looks like a food read!
Good read. 🙂
Hope I win
I love memoirs, and this looks like a good one.
Thanks for the recommendation! I love travel books AND memoirs! Putting this on my list.
I’d love to read this! Thanks for the opportunity.
I’d LOVE a copy!
I’d make time to read this one. I have 3 littles, so not much reading for ME going on, but this seems like a wonderful book. I’d love to win one.
It sounds like a wonderful book! I would love to read it!!!!
Looks like a great read!
would love to add this to my summer reading collection!
This sounds like a wonderful book, I would love to win a copy! Thank you for your review 🙂
Wow! Looks so good. Nothing like a new book in the summertime.
I need a good read for the beach! This sounds like a beautiful story.
Sounds like a GREAT TCK (third-culture-kid) book! Can’t wait to read it!
I’d love a new book, and it sounds like one I’d really enjoy!
Thanks for the great review and interview. I definitely want to read this one!
Love memoirs!
Sounds like a fab read ..love a copy. x
Sounds like a great book! I love a good memoir!
This sounds like a lovely story!
I would enjoy this book!
I love great books! Even if I don’t win it, I think I’ll be reading it!
Sounds quite interesting. I’m always looking for good book recommendations. Thanks for the chance!
Would love to read this and share with my MOPS moms!!
I would love to read this book and enjoyed the short video clip
Complete relate. I didn’t meet my dad til I was 28.
This sounds like a wonderful read!!
This sounds like a great book club pick. I’d love to read it!
Sounds like my kind of read and I’d love to win 🙂
Thanks so much for the giveaway! Sounds like an intriguing book. I’ll be looking for it at the library if I don’t win!
Sounds like an interesting book! I would love to win!
Would love to read this
Thanks for offering this giveaway, Tsh. Memoirs are one of my favorite book genre.. Especially when they have inspiring life-lessons. I would love to read it. Sounds like a fascinating journey.
This book sounds wonderful and intoxicating. I would love, love, love to read it!!
Sounds like a great summer read! Thanks for the review.
Thought provoking. I am curious.
Always looking for a good book, and this one sounds great!
I’d love to win this, sounds like a great read for my book club!
Sounds like a great book! Thanks for the suggestion and for the giveaway!
This looks like a great book! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. It’s on my must-read list.
this could be just what I need! fingers crossed 😀
Sounds like a very interesting read. Thanks for having it as a giveaway.
Would love to win! Thanks!
Love the premise and questions of this book. Sounds like a fabulous mix of self-discovery and culture! I’d love a copy 🙂
Sounds lovely! Definitely on my “to read” list.
Sounds like a great read! Hope I win.
I just finished it, and it is a really, really good book. If I happen to win, I will give it to a friend!
I would love to read this! I recognize her from MOPs!
Wow! I would love to win a copy of this book. It sounds fantastic!
I absolutely loved this book! I took it to the beach with me and couldn’t put it down until I was finished! Really enjoyed it and related to it a lot!
Oh, and if I win a copy, I will give it to someone in my MOPS group!
A perfect summer read – yes, please,
Sounds fascinating. Thanks for the recommendation!
I would love to win this book. I love a good story about a woman’s journey through this strange life we live. Thanks for the recommendation!
Oh I’d love to win! <3
Who doesn’t need a good summer read? I think even my teen daughter would like this one 🙂
This is on my summer reading list! I’d love to win this book!
Sounds like a worthy read. Thank you for the review!
My friend read it and said it was wonderful.
While I have already ordered this book for myself, I would love to win one to share with other moms in our MOPS group!!
Sounds like a great book! I love reading about real people with lives vastly different from my own. I’ll be adding this to my amazon wish list so I can buy it in the likelihood I don’t win it. 😉 Thanks for sharing it!
Looks like a great read! Definitely going to my reading list.
Sounds wonderful–as someone who grew up in a small town, blue collar family, I love the chance to visit with those who led a completely different life. Thanks for the chance to win!
Her story sounds so interesting. I would love to read it! Thank you for sharing through the MOPS network. Such a great way to get the word out about this book!
I keep reading about this book on our MOPS website and I have added it to my “Read Soon” list. It sounds like a wonderful book to read and I cannot wait to enjoy it!
Can’t wait to read this book!
Sounds like a really great read. I’m in!
Would love to win! Our library doesn’t have a copy!
I’m always looking for new books to read and this looks like a great one 🙂
I’d love a copy. It sounds fabulous and intrigues me!
Sounds like a great book!
I would love to win/read this! Thanks for the giveaway!
This is definitely going on my summer reading list. Thank you for the recommendation!
I think my summer reading list is getting too long, but this sounds great!
sounds like a fascinating read.. thank you for the giveaway : )
This sounds like a great summer read. Thank you for the chance to win.
Ooh! I am in need of a good read for summer. This sounds like it would be perfect.
Am I lovable? Am I loved? And am I loving? (Aren’t these questions that we all ask?) Will be reading this!!
I love your blog and especially your podcast. I’m an avid reader. For my 23rd birthday (on June 23rd), I’m making 23 goals for the year. One of my goals is to read 50 new books and 30 new authors. I would love to include this book in the mix!
Sounds like a wonderful read Tsh! Great endorsement that makes me want it NOW! 🙂
Sounds like the PERFECT summer read!!!
I am in serious need of some summer reading! Love this post.
Sounds like my kind of book!
I’m always looking for good book ideas.
This looks like a fabulous read!
I heart travel memoirs!!
Looks like a great book! I need a new one.
I’ve been wanting to get this! Would love to win 🙂
Sounds like a wonderful read. Added it to my list of books to read.
Added this to my wish list since my birthday is coming up.
Sounds like a wonderful summer read! Just from the description, I’m recommending to a few friends. Thanks!
This sounds fantastic and thought-provoking. I also had a largely absent father and although I grew up in the same town MY ENTIRE LIFE, I always wished I had an exotic father on the other side of the world and a mother who would whisk me on grand adventures. I’m guessing this book proves that the grass isn’t always greener, it’s all in your fertilizer! 🙂
Thanks so much for the opportunity!
I’d love to read this!
Sounds like a great read. We’ve spent a lot of time in Narnia lately, I would love to venture into Italy and Spain.
This books sounds wonderful- I would love to read it!
Looks really interesting, and I look forward to reading it.
This book sounds good. I usually don’t read non-fiction but I’d like to read this.
Can’t wait to read this!
Hello! This book sounds amazing.. All the questions you said the book tackles are the same questions I am struggling with on a daily basis. I would love to get a new perspective… I have found that others’ stories and testimonies are not solely for helping to save lives, but to refresh, correct, and help heal others. 🙂
Have a wonderful, wonderful day!
Thank you for the opportunity to read what sounds like a great book. God Bless!
I love getting lost in a good story!
Ooh I would love to read this!!!! 🙂
Sounds like a great story! I was just about to add it to my Amazon wish list, when I realized that it was a give away. Either way, think I need to check it out. I love many of the books you have recommended, Tsh. Thanks!
Sounds like a wonderful book!
Sounds like a great book!
This is now on my “Summer Reading List”!
Sounds wonderful~ I’d love to read it!
Would love this book for my summer read Pleas
This is the MOPS theme book for the upcoming season! Can’t wait to read!
i love learning about great books!
sounds like a fabulous book!
What an interesting life story!
I would so enjoy receiving this! I NEED a good read this summer. Love the work you do here, it is something special.
I’ve been looking for my next read, and it appears I have found it!
Wow! This sounds like something I really need right now.
I always need a new book to read!
I just discovered in the last 24 months that memoirs are my favorite genre to read. I’m always on the lookout for another one to add to my list so thank you for sharing even if I don’t win the giveaway!
Happy Summer Reading!
Loved the MOPS theme for this year, Beautiful Mess! Love that they have books like these supporting the theme. Hope to read this!
Sounds like a great summer read!
This sounds like an excellent read!
Looks great-I’d love to win!
This sounds like a lovely book and something that is outside of my usual pick.
A summer read… this looks like more than just a story, but a life story. Really hoping I’ll win!
The book looks like a perfect summer read. Thanks for the chance to win.
Sounds like a wonderful summer read! I always love hearing your book recommendations.
Looks like a great read!
I would love to read this!
Sounds like a GREAT read! Thanks for the opportunity! Fingers crossed!
I love a book that transports and gets you thinking. Looking forward to reading it!
What a great story! I would love to read it.
Looks like a good summer read. Hope I win a book!
Memoirs are my fav!
I would love a copy of the book.
I would LOVE to win a copy of this book. It’s on my list!
Would love to read this!
Can’t wait to lay my hands on the book…sounds like just I need to read right now!
This sounds like a fabulous read. Would love to enjoy this book!
That books sounds great!! Thanks for sharing!
I usually read young adult books to keep up with (and occasionally get ahead of…) my middle school students. This sounds like a great grown-up read for the summer!
Thanks for the giveaway, Tsh. I immediately clicked over to my library site to see if I could request it, but it’s not there, yet. The book sounds intriguing. I’d love to win it.
sounds interesting!
I would love to win this book!
I’m always looking to add to my summer reading list. Thank you for the review and for the chance to win a copy. I look forward to reading The Artists Daughter.
Sounds like a winner! I would love to revisit the streets of Spain, Italy, and France this summer 🙂
It sounds like a inspiring story. I would love to read this book.
Sounds like a great summer read!
Would love to win the book!
Sounds like a beautiful book!
Sounds like a great read.
This sounds great! I’m adding it to my (already long) summer reading list. Is June halfway over already?!
I’m in need of a good read
Sounds like a great read!
Sounds like a fun read for summer.
Your description of this book is lovely. It sounds quite interesting.
I would love to win! Memoirs and autobiography are one of my favorite genres. This sounds great!
This looks fantastic. I love memoirs. I finished The Lost Husband and The Paris Wife as per your recommendation and would highly encourage people to read them both! I loved them!
I’m writing a memoir too. Would love to read it!
Sounds like a great summer read!
This book looks so interesting! I would love to win and read it! Winning would be cool, but I think this is definitely one to put on my reading list. Thanks for sharing about it.
I’d love to win. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like one I’d love to read.
Sounds like a great Summer book. Keeping my fingers crossed to win!
sounds super interesting — thanks for the review and a chance to have a copy of my own. katharine.
i love memoir and this looks fabulous!
The book sounds really good – I’d love to read it!
I would love to win a copy of this book! I read it in 3 days. It’s such a wonderful story that I think really articulates the insecurities of any daughter with an absent father. I can’t wait to pass it around to all the gals I know who were raised by their moms. 🙂
I hadn’t heard of this book until now. Sounds like a great read…I hope to win.
She sounds fascinating! I’d love to win a copy!
This book sounds like such an amazing book- a perfect summer read!
Sounds inspiring and empowering. I would love to read a real life story especially as it visits and travels to many different locations. This is just what my imagination needs to connect even deeper to my soul :))
I’d love to win a copy. Thanks for the chance!!
Thanks for the book recommendation. It would be fun to win a copy, lovely to read. Peace!
I’m obsessed with memoirs right now. This one sounds great!
I’d like to read this book. It sounds fascinating.
i would really enjoy this book- thanks!
I will definitely be checking out this book. Sounds really good.
I’m intrigued. Put my name in the mix. 🙂
This sounds like a good read! I had seen the book before but had thought it fiction, learning that its not is much more intriguing!
Who doesn’t love a well-told story. This sounds like a great book.
I love memoirs! Bring it on!
That sounds like a great book! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Send it my way….sounds lovely!
Please me! It has been on my to-read list for a while already!
Sounds interesting.
sounds like a great summer read while the kids play in the sprinkler
This looks like a great read! I always have my eyes open for books about strong women.
Oh I would love to win! It’s been too long since I just read a good story. This would be a great change of pace for me!
This does sound like a great summer read!
Ooh! This sounds like something I’d love and that would be great for my bookclub.
This looks like an awesome summer read! Thanks for the opportunity!
This is video is so touching and honest. I look forward to reading her book.
Sounds like a winner! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like an interesting one! I’d love to read it. 🙂
always looking for a good summer read!
This sounds like a perfect summer read.. Thanks for introducing the book..Jonni
Sounds like a really good book!
I would love to read this!
Ooh Adding this book to my to read list!
Sounds like a great read!
Oh, I love memoirs. Would love to read this one!!
Pick me! Pick me!
I love reading memoirs in the summer! Sounds like a great read.
I love a good summer read!
Powerful questions –> “Am I lovable? Am I loved? And am I loving?”
Sounds like a good one to put on the summer reading list!
Would love to read this!!!
Sounds like a good read 🙂 I’d love to win! Thanks!
sounds like a great book!
I would love to read this book! Being estranged from my birth father I have often asked myself those questions.
I love her writing for MOPS and would love to read her book!
This sounds wonderful! Hope I win!
This sounds really good. I’d love to read it.
Sounds like just what I need!!!
Looks like a great book to start out the summer with!
Will read it for sure! I really love story that is based on true story! worth to read!
Would love to win! However, I plan on reading!!!
Sounds like a great read.
This sounds really interesting! I love memoirs.
Sounds like an excellent read!
Sounds wonderful!
Would love to read this book.
I have been looking for a good summer read. This looks like a great one!
Would love to read this book. Sounds like a wonderful story. I never seem to have enough to read!
Sounds like the perfect summer read!
Sounds like such a good read!!
Oh I have had this book on my reading list since I first heard about it a month ago. I love hearing about great books!
Sounds like an interesting read. If I don’t win it I’ll definitely look for it in the bookstores or library.
I would LOVE the chance to win. Some of the best books I’ve read this summer were recommended by Tsh or The Simple Mom links. Summer is my reading time, so I’m enjoying the chance to “soak up” as many books as I can. Thanks for this opportunity!
Looks really good!
Just what I need… Another book for my TBR pile! 😉 Sounds deliciously readable though!
This book sounds like a great read!
I love a memoir…..and this one sounds thoughtfully written and intriguing. I am especially interested as we are planning a trip to Italy in the fall. I’m putting it on my list. Thanks for sharing it and thanks for the opportunity to win a copy!
Adding this to my reading list. Sounds interesting.
I would love a new summer read! This one sounds amazing! Putting it on my wish list.
Sounds like a captivating story!
Sounds wonderful!
I would like a book to read!
This sounds like a lovely book to read while on vacation at the beach!
I’m always looking for a new great book to read! Sounds perfect!
Perfect summer reading.. pick me please 🙂
I would love to read this book! As someone who grew up with a very unique single mother herself, this book appeals to me a lot. 🙂 Thanks for having this giveaway!
Me, please!
This sounds like a great read! Thank you for the chance to win.
♥ Could use some grace soaking ♥
This book looks Fabulous!
Sounds fabulous, would love to win!
This story sounds lovely.
Sounds like a great book. Adding to my list.
Sounds like a great summer read!
I need to read this!!
Sounds right up my alley!
Sounds great and questions I have asked too!!
This book sounds like something I would enjoy reading.
Sounds like just the summer read that I need!
I would love to win a copy of this book!
I need some good summer reading!
I would love to read this book
Sounds like a good read to me!
I hope I win!
Just looked for this on my library’s website and they don’t have it! Guess I’ll just have to win it. And recommend that the library get a copy.
I’d love this book. I’ve been hunting for a good summer read. Thanks for this opportunity.
Sounds like a great read!
Sounds like a fascinating book. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
Thank you for the opportunity to win what sounds like a really awesome book!
Sounds like a good summer read to me!
I would LOVE to win this book. It seriously sounds amazing. If I don’t win, I might just buy it.
this sounds like a great book.
Sounds like an interesting book!
Always looking for new books to read. Thanks.
The book looks fantastic! I’m looking for a great summer reading book.
This sounds like a great summer read! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I love to read and to have this book of memoirs would just be a treat 🙂
Sounds great!
I love a good memoir, and this sounds like a really good memoir. Thank you for posting about it.
This book looks great!
This book looks like a great read! I’m almost finished with my current book. This would be perfect timing!
Sounds interesting.
I would love to win a copy!
Sounds like a great summer read!
I never thought I was a fan of memoirs, but I’m about to finish my third one. Just this month! I guess it’s my summer of the memoir. This sounds like a great one to read next. Thanks, Tsh!
I would love love love to read this book . Looks like a great one!
Looks like a great book. Would love to read it!
I love memoirs!
This book sounds like a DELIGHTFUL summer read.
This sounds like a great book!
Happy Friday, this looks like a great book!
This book is on my book reading list as well. It was the question at the center of each of our lives – am I loved? I look forward to reading it, whether I win it or not! 🙂 Thanks Tsh.
Sounds like a lovely story to get lost in during those rare moments of free time. Also looks inspiring- I’ve always wanted to write about my own tumultuous journey, that has calmed in the sea of motherhood…
I’d love to read this!
Sounds like an interesting read – sign me up!
I’m a little obsessed with artist related biographies and memoirs right now. I’d love to read this one too.
Thanks for the giveaway. Sounds like a beautiful read.
Memoirs are my absolute favorite!!! Thanks for letting us know about this book!
Sounds delightful! I’d love to read this.
Yay! Love this years theme book Artists Daughter…
Life is a beautiful mess 🙂
I would love to take this book with me on my travels to Europe this summer. 🙂
Sounds like a great read!
Thanks for a great giveaway! I inhaled The Artist’s Daughter earlier this week. It’s wonderful! I’d love to share another copy with a friend!
Thank you for sharing this….
I’m always looking for good summer reads!! This one sounds great!
Sounds great, can’t wait to read it!
Looks like a delicious summer read…oh Spain & Italy!
“I love the questions her book poses: Am I lovable? Am I loved? And am I loving?” Is there a woman alive who hasn’t asked these questions? I think that’s something innate in most of us. I’m interested in how she approaches these questions, given the description of her childhood. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Me, please!
Wow- sounds like a wonderful read – and boy could I use some down time with a good book like this!
Looks like a great read!
This sounds like a wonderful summer reading book. Hope I can win one!
My MOPS group is reading this book this summer for the summer book club and I won’t be able to join them, but I have been wanting to read this book anyway on my own!
Would love to read this book. Thank You for offering the give away.
I love non-fiction & travel. Your review sold me, then the video did so doubly!
Thanks for the giveaway! I’m pinning this to my “books to read” board.
I love this site, I have it bookmarked and read its I fall into bed at night!!! I would also LOVE to win this book!!
Would LOVE to win this book!