Julia's Daughters by Colleen Faulkner

Julia Maxton can’t imagine anything worse than losing one of her three daughters—until the day seventeen-year-old Haley runs a stop sign, killing her younger sister Caitlin. Six weeks after the crash, the family is falling apart. Julia struggles not to show hostility toward Haley, but her deep-rooted anger won’t go away. Her husband, Ben, has drifted away emotionally. Their youngest daughter, Izzy, is lost in the shuffle. And despite Haley’s insistence that she’s fine, her actions scream otherwise.    
Fearing that she’s about to lose a second child, Julia decides to take Haley on a cross-country drive. Maybe somewhere between Nevada and Maine they can bridge the gulf between them. But first there will be painful questions to face—is Julia a good mother? Did she secretly love responsible, respectful Caitlin more than defiant Haley? Can Haley ever find peace with her mother—and herself—again?

Review: I was given an ARC of Julia's daughters from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.
This was a pretty good book written on a number of deep subjects. Haley the oldest daughter was in a car accident that led to the death of her sister and this book centers around how the members of the family deal with the loss of Caitlin and how the interact with each other and how their feelings for Haley change and even how Haley's feelings for herself spiral out of control.
While reading this book I felt for all of the characters except for the father Ben. I really felt he was a selfish jerk and I hated him as a man and a father figure and I so wanted to slap the spit out of his mouth for how he was treating his family and was spineless man he was.
I loved Haley and I felt so sorry for her and all the guilt she was carrying on her young shoulders. I could see why she was acting out the way that she was and how much she wanted her family to be able to look at her and blame her for the death of her sister.
Izzy was trip. She was such a cute character. So young but so well developed. She added humor to the book but she also made everything seem so innocent.
Julia started out so weak but by the end of the book she was a true warrior. I loved how Faulkner made this character learn from her tragedy and also see that is she did not pull herself together she would have a greater tragedy on her hands then she already had to deal with. The strength she found to help Haley and save her daughter was awesome.
I am not going to give spoilers but I had to give my take on these charters because they are what made this book what it was. The theme of the true meaning of family and overcoming tragedy that runs through this book is built around this four charters and what makes them who they are in this book.
This was a very good book and well worth reading and I and giving it four out of five stars.