BONUS: This edition contains a Letter to My Daughter discussion guide.A fight, ended by a slap, sends Elizabeth out the door of her Baton Rouge home on the eve of her fifteenth birthday. Her mother, Laura, is left to fret and worryand remember. Wracked with guilt as she awaits Liz's return, Laura begins a letter to her daughter, hoping to convey ';everything I've always meant to tell you but never have.' In her painfully candid confession, Laura shares memories of her own troubled adolescence in rural Louisiana, her bittersweet relationship with a boy she loved despite her parents' disapproval, and a personal tragedy that she can never forget. An absorbing and affirming debut,Letter to My Daughteris a heartwrenching novel of mothers, daughters, and the lessons we all learn when we come of age.Look for special features inside.Join the Circle for author chats and more.RandomHouseReadersCircle.com