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Title: The Murderer's Daughters

Author: Randy Susan Meyers

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 216 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This emotional debut by Randy Susan Meyers tells of two sisters torn apart by domestic tragedy. When her mother throws her father out, young Lulu is told never to let him in again. But Lulu disobeys, and the consequences are heartbreaking. Lulus mother ends up killed, and Lulu and her sister Merry are orphaned. Now, as the sisters grow into adulthood, they find the ghosts of their past are difficult to outrun.

Critic Reviews:

First novelist Meyers draws on the eight years she worked at a batterer intervention program. Much like Janet Fitch's

White Oleander or Jacqueline Mitchard's

The Deep End of the Ocean, her book takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride. Readers, get out your handkerchief and prepare to care. (

Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Excellent drama

Compelling drama that instantly captures the reader's attention. Meyer's artfully crafts the lives of two young sisters as they experience the ultimate tragedy related to domestic violence and betrayal. The author takes us through their life experiences after the tragedy and their individual coping and healing processes into adulthood. A wonderful testament to the power of love.

You won't put this down...

Meyers has gone far beyond the traditional take on domestic abuse, examining the relationship between abuser and abused. Rather, her debut novel examines what happens to the other survivors, the children. How do you grow up being know as "the murderer's daughters? How does that affect the next 30 years of your life? How do two sisters, Merry & Lulu, take care of each other while taking care of themselves? Once you hear that one of them open's the door and lets their father in, you are in for a roller coaster ride of emotions and insights that will grip you and keep you thinking, "what if" , "if only." and, "wow!" Her descriptions, beginning with the "no macaroni necklace - wearing mama" will make you both laugh and cry.

Loved it!

What did you love best about The Murderers Daughters?

The relation between the sisters.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters.

Which scene was your favorite?

The end when the youngest sister was getting ready to have dinner with her Dad in her new apartment, and the fact that in their own way each character eventually found closure with the past.

Any additional comments?

Great story, and very tragic.

I think I missed the point

In a nutshell: Dad kills Mom, badly injures younger sister, older sister too late to get help and blames herself.

The rest of the book is a series of vignettes in the sisters lives spanning 30 years, demonstrating how the tragedy has impacted their lives as children and adults.

Not a bad story, but I felt like something was missing most of the way through. On the whole I was bored.

Things got a little interesting in the last of the book, but that just made the long middle-part seem even longer and more drawn out. Where was the focus? On the minutia of their lives, or the aftermath of the actiony-bits at the end of the book?

I finished the book feeling like missed the point.

What a heartfelt story

What did you love best about The Murderers Daughters?

How strong lulu and merry's bond was. No matter if they were getting along or at each other's throats they still remained family.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lulu.