In this day and age there are so many traps for kids to fall into. This book addresses what can happen when parents are watching and NOT watching. Well thought out, and very timely.
Thanks to author, publisher and NetGalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

Internet - a technology which joins the world together, today has a devil sitting on the shoulder tempting all if us — the social media. And people forget that once on the net, always on the net. Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube all help if used judiciously, but with one mistake it can destroy lives.

This is brought home by Rochelle B. Weinstein in this book, where a seemingly perfect family, owning and living in their hotel The Ross, suddenly find themselves looking at the darker side of technology. Emma and Bobby Ross, the parents and their twin daughters, Zoe and Lilly, live a blissful life till the night of the twins' 15th birthday, where an act of indiscretion by one of the twins at a previous party, goes viral first in the school and then in the world.

This book deals with the repercussions of such an act, and how the Ross family deals with it. This book is an eye-opener, for sure. This book is every parent's nightmare and Rochelle describes the way the family is thrown into the abyss with no lifeline and how they manage to find their strength to come out of it. The author has shown beautifully that every day is an act of survival as the after-effects never stop. She has described the twins' feelings with a reality brush as one goes through the humiliation and takes the brunt of the comments of an unforgiving teenage world and the other supports her sister beautifully. The twins' growing maturity also added a facet to this story, which was refreshing to see. The outcome of such a scandal can either cause another act of desperation or cause the inner strength to come through. And I was happy to see the twins coming out of it stronger with an understanding of the realities of life.

Life of a teenager is so difficult with peer pressure, alcohol, drugs, experimentation with sex, that it becomes difficult to find a balance and to find one's self-esteem and self-respect. Rochelle has shown a teenage mind in this book, how they feel, how they act, and this was a revelation to me. This book has made me cautious about the social media.

I didn't like the parents Emma and Bobby Ross, or their parenting ways. But to each their own. There is a parallelism drawn in the story between the twin's life and the mother Emma's past, which helps her in advising her child and facing her own mistakes.

But this book is not about parenting. It is about how one act can destroy lives and how difficult it is to come out of the scandal, because the world does not allow you to forget, even if you want to.

This book is for parents of teenagers, read it and then give it to your teenage kids, so that they realize the significance of social media, and going viral may not always be a good thing.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Lake Union Publishing, and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

MY REVIEW OF “SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER” BY Rochelle B. Weinstein

Kudos to Rochelle B. Weinstein, Author of “Somebody’s Daughter” for writing about significant issues in today’s society, in an emotional, intriguing, captivating, and descriptive story. The Genres for this Novel are Fiction and Women’s Fiction, and at times reads as a nonfiction novel concerning legal agenda.

Rochelle B. Weinstein describes her colorful cast of characters of mostly family and friends as flawed individuals, who strive to be perfect. Some are complicated and complex. There is jealousy, lies, betrayal, support, love, and hope.

Emma and Bobby Ross own and live at a prosperous hotel with their two teenaged twin daughters, in Miami. They are described as a Picture Perfect family in everyday. This is also a coming of age novel. Both Zoe and her twin Lily will be turning 15 years old, and are very different. One is an athlete, and the other is on the debate team in school. At their 15-year-old party, it is made public that Zoe made a heartbreaking mistake, “a private and humiliating indiscretion” that has now gone viral and thrusts her and her family in the center of a public scandal. This tears at the community, the neighborhood, the school, friendships, and their family. There are feelings of disgrace, judgment calls, and revenge. This brings up past memories for Emma years ago, when she was younger.

I appreciate that the author discusses how media, I-Phones, cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, Snapshot, Instagram and You Tube can be a very dangerous format, and ruin someone’s life. Although the same media at times gives important information, it can also provide information that is not easily erased. Teenagers and young adults should be made aware of that fact.

I don’t think any parent truly wants to believe their son or daughter that can do or be caught doing something that can have consequences. At the same time, it is important to realize that no one is perfect. Another problem in society that the author mentions is alcohol at parties. Drinking in excess is a big problem for many people, especially teenagers and young adults. Communication is very important between parents and children. Is may be difficult to forget, but is it possible to learn to forgive?

I think that Rachelle B. Weinstein has written an important book about significant challenges in today’s society. I would highly recommend this book for everyone, as a must read. I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.

This is a very important book for all mothers to read. It shows what can happen in the world today with all the electronics available at our fingertips. The Ross's are a picture perfect family until a mistake one of their twin girls does is recorded. I felt all the emotions the family felt and it was quite an emotional read. I received an advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing. All opinions are my own.

I may not have any daughters but I do have a niece who's eight going on twenty one so when I was offered the chance to read this I jumped because there are so many issues out there affecting teenagers today that I wanted to arm myself with information. This book needs to be read by everyone who has children especially teenage children. She expertly wove that tension and give and take between mothers and daughters expertly because as much as we want our children to confide in us and tell us everything they are just not going to so reading this opened my eyes and made me see what is happening out there now and what may happen down in the future. Do yourself a favor and pre order this book so it'll be waiting for you. And don't shake your head and smugly think it won't happen to you because it just may. Happy reading!

This book felt way too cliche for me to enjoy. The hotel living, the seemingly perfect family, the secrets revealed. All of it just made me not want to continue reading.

5+++++ STARS! .....but geeeee I’m an emotional wreck! I’m filled with so much love it hurts —. I literally had to go outside and just sit and think for awhile before I could be productive in any shape or form — This novel stimulated a full range of ’thoughts’ and equally a full range of ‘emotions’— we got the full rainbow.
I literally wanted to reach out to Rochelle or a close-friend and begin ‘book-discussion’ every 5 or 6 pages. There are THAT MANY WORTHY ISSUES to discuss.

I’ve enjoyed all of Rochelle Weinstein’s novels - but honestly— she raised the bar higher for herself with “Somebody’s Daughter”. Congrats - big time to Rochelle. I’ll be recommending this novel to everyone: men and women.
If you are a married - still raising kids - reading this novel won’t be a waste of time for you at ‘all’.
The blurb itself -( or even the pretty book cover - or title) - don’t represent the INCREDIBLE POWER to be discovered inside these pages. This is not a simple story about an ordinary family —AND DON’T be fooled into thinking that this model family has an uncomplicated marriage.
“The problem with perfection is when you can’t live up to it, exposure is much more painful”.

Lily and Zoe are twins. They’re 15 years old, in the 9th grade. Lily plays Lacrosse. Zoe is on the debate team.
Parents Emma and Bobby Ross first met each other when they were teenagers. Emma’s Family was from Chicago. During the summers they would vacation in Florida at the Ross hotel. Bobby and his brother Johnny grew up in The Ross hotel in Miami- on the beach - that their parents owned. A relationship developed - ( definitely a strong love was growing) — but Emma and Bobby spent many years being in a long distant relationship... which can be challenging to keep going for ‘years’. Emma was in College in Vermont. Bobby in College in Florida.
However —Emma & Bobby marry got married - on the beach in Miami - and later Bobby became developer and owner of the ROSS HOTEL - sharing responsibilities with his brother Johnny.
The ROSS HOTEL was their ‘home’ for Bobby, Emma, Zoe, and Lily.
I found it really sweet too - learning how this family tried to stay very down to earth - the girls cleaned their own rooms - even though there was a full hotel staff that cleaned rooms. The cooked cooked their own meals and ate together -instead of the hotel crew serving ‘them’.....and they thought of their hotel crew as family and treated them with great respect.

.......The story *begins* on the night of Lily and Zoe’s 15th birthday party at their hotel. Everything is going groovy as teenage parties go ( mom is sentimental about watching her daughters growing up and Dad is proud).
During the evening it’s discovered that Zoe was caught on film when at a party the weekend before - videotaped- with Price Hudson ( another boy from her school) <spoiler> giving him a blow job. PANIC AND UPSET BEGINS....knowing how things spread fast on the internet.
We learn drinking was involved at the party Zoe attended - but she wasn’t assaulted. The sexual act was consensual, between she and Price Hudson. It’s learned the parents were not home that evening. The kids were underage. The parents of ‘that’ household committed a crime. They needed to be charged — but the novel - set that aside - ( so I was called the police myself on those parents- haha) —-but really - if it happened in real life — if I found out my kids were going to a party and they were under age… and they were drinking… no parents are home - I’d be upset. One of my daughters friends ‘died’ drinking at a party underage - no parents were around. It was an awful story!
However - not to worry there are MANY OTHER AWFUL STORIES- ISSUES -NEEDING TO LOOK AT....moving on to the age of digital voyeurism- sexual cyber crimes!!!

I mentioned the spoiler between Zoe & Price BECAUSE there is SOOOOOO much more that gets built around this incident.
Rochelle Weinstein’s novel is ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE STORIES OF ITS KIND ....covering equally IMPORTANT themes that ‘follow’ the painful embarrassment- humiliation- risk of reputation- that come along with online sexual cyber crimes. The many side theme stand out AS IMPORTANT. I thought about these side themes all afternoon - and will continue—- it’s WHY I CRIED!

Emma had a secret that was living a long silent life....long before her daughters were born. Her past history and her present situation as Zoe’s mother ( Zoe exposed publicly- scared - ashamed - humiliated- angry- and so regretful) — merged together. Emma had a secret - but she never got caught - yet she ‘felt’ the ‘same’ type of feelings Zoe did. ( but she repressed them for years).
I didn’t know who I felt more sad for!

People make mistakes —- This theme is looked at inside out - outside in - upside down and straight up!! If you have EVER SAID ......”Oh my God, why did I do that?” ....or “Why did SHE do that?”..... with harsh feelings - ‘not’ easy to forgive—— reading this novel shines light of compassion from many angles.

Families are torn apart, couples divided, ( we see how sad it is when couples are not on the same page of important issues that involve their children) - and a whole hell-of -a lot of unfortunate things happen in this book. “Put any person in the wrong situation at the wrong time and anything could happen”.

Shame, fear, humiliation, regret, betrayal, resentment, fear, anger, sadness, guilt, confusion, shock, ‘trembling while trying to apologize’, compassion, forgiveness, —- are all some of the emotions you’ll tap into

You’ll meet kick-ass attorney Jo Jo - Loved her get down to the business facts of reality—-she was a supporting small role standout!

Lily - twin step sister to Zoe was awesome. I’d like this girl on my side any day.
Both girls were likable!
Zoe had a scene where she FULLY EXPRESSED herself to her father —- and it was the ‘first’ time my eyes got all misty. I felt EVERY WORD of her little monologue.

I cared for the characters in this book. The dialogue was real - with wonderful wisdom from Emma. With human beings like Emma in this world - it’s a better place to live.

Being judge hurts. People are already their own worse critic- but when family - friends and community ‘judge’ too - it hurts a little more.

Laws are getting tougher and stricter to protect victims rights of sexual cyber crimes- and emerging lies - Computer crimes - and emotional well-being.
Kids psychological health is a priority… As it should be!!!

Lovely book - I’m misty eye—- just ending this review. I still want to spend more time with The Ross Family- and even get to know the Hudson family more too.
I vote for a TV Series!!!! It would make a terrific family drama show.

Thank you Lake Union Publishing, Netgalley,and the lovely Rochelle B. Weinstein

Oh, how I loved this so much!

Well written, relatable and all too poignant. An extremely important story in the social media age without ever feeling preachy. Being a millenial in the age of the cell phone, facetime, snapchat (but right on the cusp on being Gen-Y), I found Emma's feelings as a mother and Zoe's experiences as a teen to be true to real life. This story broke my heart for everyone involved (which is a good thing, as I really cared about these characters enough to feel effected), and I loved following their journey from destruction to rebuilding. I can't get to the rest of Weinstein's books fast enough!

4.5 stars

This book is so relevant to our world that we live in today. I am not sure even as adults we fully understand the repercussions of the digital footprint we leave. Tweens and teens cannot comprehend the possibly life long impact that some choices can make.

While I did not agree with some of the parenting/advice that Emma and Bobby gave their twins, I could understand their panic as a mother of a tween and teen.

I did find it hard to relate to Bobby & Emma's lifestyle. I cannot imagine living in a boutique hotel in Miami beach. Their lifestyle is so foreign to me but the author did a good job making me relate to them as parents even though I couldn't comprehend their lifestyle.

I received an advance reader's copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.