The Mother-Daughter Book Club

by Susan Patterson, James Patterson

Brought to you by Penguin.

Four old friends. One life-changing trip.

It’s been three years since best friends Elin, Grace, Mariella and Jamie got together with their daughters for a book club night that would change their lives forever.

Now, they travel to the breathtaking shores of Lake Como, Italy, to reunite for the first time since that fateful evening.

Amid the idyllic landscape, sumptuous food and dog-eared pages of their favourite books, it becomes clear that the women are all keeping secrets from each other.

What really happened all those years ago? And will the power of love and literature finally help them to let go?

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PRAISE FOR SUSAN AND JAMES PATTERSON

'This book will win your heart!' - Elin Hilderbrand

James Patterson and Susan Patterson 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

448 pages, Paperback

Expected publication April 20, 2026

About the author

Susan Solie Patterson has a Bachelor of Science/Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was also an All-American swimmer. She is the author of Things I Wish I Told My Mother and Big Words for Little Geniuses, which was a New York Times bestseller.

Reviews

[Vanessa Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

Follow along with 9 women as they share a journey only friends can endure. Filled with laughter, heartache, fun and secrets some good and some not so good.