Karin Eder

“She might have lost a husband, but she’d got herself a wife. An efficient, energetic young wife. What a bargain. What an upgrade.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“Or suffering another lecture from Louise about how I’d been ‘far too soft with Grace’, followed by advice from her teacher friends who, like Louise, were in their mid-twenties, didn’t have kids and thought being a parent was a breeze. A breeze whistling through a blossom tree, if you just ‘set some boundaries and some consequences’.”
― Kerry Fisher, The Secret Child

“Napoleon knew all the conversations you were meant to have with your kids, and he made sure they had those conversations: don’t give out your personal details on the internet, never get in the car with a driver who has been drinking, call us at any time of the night, tell us how you feel, tell us if you are being bullied, we can fix things, we promise we can fix things.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“You know what sucks about being a mother?” “Diapers?” “Well, yes. But I mean now. Now that they are older and more or less real human beings.” “What?” “You live for their smile.”
― Harlan Coben, Stay Close