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Shari Franke


Born
in The United States
March 03, 2003

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Shari Franke is the eldest daughter in the Franke family. She is a student at Brigham Young University.

Average rating: 4.3 · 184,744 ratings · 23,199 reviews · 1 distinct workSimilar authors
The House of My Mother: A D...

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“Sometimes, family isn’t just what you’re born into—it’s also what you build in the aftermath of loss.”
Shari Franke, The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

“From the very start, it seemed, my childhood was destined to be a fight for survival.”
Shari Franke, The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

“Realizing your own mother was incapable of truly seeing you—of loving you for who you are rather than as an extension of herself—is a bitter pill to swallow. It’s the death of a fundamental childhood hope, the one where if you just try hard enough, Mommy will love you unconditionally. But in a strange way, this understanding has also been incredibly liberating. I now know that I could never have been “good” enough or “perfect” enough to make Ruby truly happy or proud. The insatiable void I was trying to fill wasn’t created by me, and it wasn’t mine to fix. That realization, as painful as it is, is the first step on the path to healing—for me, if not for her.”
Shari Franke, The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Polls

What book would you like to read for our May 2025 Group Read? The theme is Mother.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Contemporary, Literary Fiction
 
  18 votes 24.7%

 
  13 votes 17.8%

Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Contemporary, Romance
 
  10 votes 13.7%

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Classics, French Literature
 
  7 votes 9.6%

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Historical Fiction
 
  6 votes 8.2%

 
  5 votes 6.8%

Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
Literary Fiction
 
  4 votes 5.5%

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
Contemporary, Literary Fiction
 
  4 votes 5.5%

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Horror, Thriller
 
  3 votes 4.1%

Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson
Thriller, Mystery
 
  3 votes 4.1%

73 total votes
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