This book begins with the death of a mother of four, Barbara, who passes away due to cancer. She leaves her daughters each a letter and a journal, which she wrote during her fight with cancer. With these, they learn their mothers secrets, heartaches and loves. Each daughter is also dealing with her own struggles. They use their mothers words of advicec from her journal, and also each other, to get through their first year without their mother.

There was nothing wrong with this book, it might even deserve 4 stars...but it felt to me like it might be a bit unrealistic. The way the characters talk to each other reads cheesy. I don't know anyone who talks like that. It feels like they are all too perfect, everything turns out perfect in the end like a farytale. Just seems a bit too far fetched, no ones life is like that! I would have given this star a better rating if only it hadn't been too perfect.