title: Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel
author:  Elizabeth Noble 
description: Noble (<i>The Reading Group</i>) hits her stride in her tearjerker fourth novel. Before Barbara Forbes, a mother of four, succumbs to terminal cancer, she leaves words of wisdom for her four daughters in the form of letters to each of them. In the year following Barbara's death, her daughters draw strength from her words and from each other as they move forward with their lives. Lisa, the eldest, is advised to "let someone look after [her]" for a change. Jennifer, "fragile and hard to reach," struggles with an unraveling marriage. Free-spirited Amanda is thrown for a loop by a family secret, and teenaged Hannah, experiencing her first taste of rebellion, is reminded that she still has a lot of growing up to do. Though Barbara's life-is-short aphorisms are nothing new, her sharp wit and distinctive voice is a nice complement to the four nuanced stories of coping with death. <i>(Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **Brimming with secrets, lies, and glamour, this sweeping debut novel follows
  the lives, loves, and tragedies of the daughters of an illustrious London
  fashion mogul**
  
   _ **C**_ _aitlin couldn’t help wondering what Elizabeth and Amber would be
  like. She wasn’t sure she would have anything in common with girls who had
  been brought up in a place like this. As William pushed open the drawing
  room’s heavy mahogany doors, Caitlin plastered on a friendly smile and hoped
  she was about to be proved wrong. She wasn’t._
  
   _“This is Elizabeth.” William indicated a haughty blonde sitting straight-
  backed on a velvet chaise lounge. Caitlin felt at once intimidated and
  envious. She couldn’t believe Elizabeth was only seventeen—she looked so
  sophisticated. Caitlin suddenly felt ashamed of her own slightly shabby
  appearance._
  
   _“Hi, Elizabeth.” She gave a tentative smile. “It’s nice to meet you.”_
  
   **DAUGHTERS**  
   **OF**  
   **FORTUNE**
  
  A NOVEL
  
  ___________
  
   _Tara Hyland_
  
   **ATRIA** PAPERBACK  
  