Official Review: Letters to My Daughter

[CataclysmicKnight]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Letters to My Daughter" by Raquel Cobbins Milton.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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I've always felt like an outsider because of my love of texting and email. It's so much easier to take in information when it's written out and accessible when I'm free to read it. When I saw that Raquel Cobbins Milton had the same idea when it came to writing letters, emails, and texts to her own daughter, I felt incredibly validated!

Letters to My Daughter is a short collection of letters and poems that Raquel wrote to her daughter Maria. Less than a dozen pieces are included, but each is written out in full following a brief introduction about the intent of the letter. The pieces are followed by a related parenting lesson, and the chapter concludes with a "Pearl of Wisdom." "Own your decisions; they are your responsibility" is my favorite of these pearls, but they're all excellent.

"When a child is born, so is a parent. They simultaneously grow together."

These letters are infused with (Christian) faith and love, as well as some solid advice for parents of any age. While this is a very brief book, there are still several touching, funny, and sweet moments. I particularly loved Raquel's focus on helping her daughter grow rather than changing who she is or trying to instill her own hopes and goals in her.

As I've mentioned a couple of times, the book is very short. Amazon says it's 80 pages long, but it weighs in at just under 80 Kindle screens on my computer, which means it's more like 70 pages. Several of these pages are less than half full of text, and several more are just decorative spacing between chapters. In the end, Letters to My Daughter felt like a 30-40 page book. This isn't a bad thing by any means, as each letter was given the proper amount of space to breathe, but the page count seemed a bit misleading.

I only found four errors in the entirety of Letters to My Daughter, two of which were formatting errors and the other two were barely noticeable. I enjoyed Raquel's writing overall, although I would've preferred if more letters were included and there some insight about how well the letters were received by her daughter. I especially loved Raquel's poetry, and I really hope she releases a poetry collection in the future. Letters to My Daughter is something I'd recommend to any parent, but even teens can enjoy the insights about parenting. Christian faith is woven into the book, which makes it even better for Christians but harder to recommend to people of other religions. My rating of the book is 3 out of 4 stars.

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Letters to My Daughter
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[Erin Painter Baker]

This book sounds like it might be a great gift for an expecting or new parent.