
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
A Novel
Author: Susan Patterson, James Patterson
Narrator: Ellen Archer, Elisabeth Rodgers, Barrie Kreinik, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Brittany Pressley, Lauren Fortgang, Jennifer Pickens, Chloe Cannon
Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Published: 04/20/2026
Categories: Fiction, Friendship, Family Life, Women
Synopsis
“An entertaining book ... As friends talk books, hopes, dreams … and dishy revelations … it’s romantic love—both old and new … that drive[s] the story forward.” —Kirkus Reviews
Between their busy lives and their far-flung residences, the Mother-Daughter Book Club—four longtime college friends and their five daughters—more often discuss the books on their nightstands via 2 a.m. texts than in-person meetings. And maybe it’s just as well, after what happened at their last get-together ...
So it’s an emotional reunion when they finally gather again, this time on the spectacular shores of Italy’s Lake Como. Sightseeing excursions, reminiscing fueled by “Como-politans,” and a hint of vacation romance all build toward the book club’s trademark “Night of Secrets.”
These friends, and sometime rivals, are close readers—of novels, memoirs, and of each other. But as the years and the distance cast shadows and doubt, confidences and sympathies turn into surprising revelations.