A very sweet story of heartbreak, second chances and family dynamics. I don’t know why it took me so long to pick this one up, but it was a great literary family story.

“Sometimes Folks Don't Know What They're Doing Until It's Too Late".

Well Ain't That The Truth. I Enjoyed This Book And Would Definitely Recommend

Unfortunately this book was not for me, it was a bit slower than I would like and it just didn't hold my attention. I am sure other people will love it!

I was drawn into this book due to the amazing cover, It was certainly something that I requested without knowing anything about the plot. This novel is full of family, abandonment, forgiveness and hard choices.. I highly recommend this title

Sara is not in contact with her father, artist - sculptor TR Harlow. He has abandoned her long time ago, after all. Yet circumstances are going to change, as TR is in hospital with burns after the fire in his house and has no place to go to recuperate. So Sara agrees to take him in for a time.
Old secrets are recovered and old wounds are reopened - and some new realities are discovered in this story about the meaning of a family.

Mixed feelings. The topic is SO important and relevant! Father-daughter relationship is one of the primary ones, which gives an imprint into the soul of a child (the imprint is workable, but it is deep). Reconciliation, understanding, humility - these are key values and they are well presented in this novel. Yet, the story could go much deeper - I am not saying it is superficial or shallow, but ot stops on front of the soul of the main heroine. She could take much more of the novel's advice of self-reflection and seeing herself in the true mirror! She is not a bad person, but she is very blind towards her own misconceptions of life and the book is not leading her there.

A good story that I wished I hadn't taken so long to read. I look forward to reading more by this author.

2.5

I typically am fine with celebrity stories, but the trope of a father too into himself was boring in this story.

3.5/5

The story is about journey of Sara's forgiveness and his father accepting the mistakes he did while Sara was a child. An unexpected event brings Sara and his long lost father face to face, and how they cope up accepting that they belong with each other, the family is where love is.

I loved how Birdie was a good friend, but wasn't given much of space to comfort when her friend when she needed. I guess Birdie's support would have given the story something that I found was missing.

I was too late in guessing what the title meant, until the story was about to end and it felt more meaningful then. I loving the Cover pic.

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Loved this book! A broken family for lots of reasons. A tale of forgiveness. Nicole Meier allows the reader to feel the emotions of each family member.

Really enjoyed this. It was such a heartfelt story about family, forgiveness and second chances. Everything was really well executed and the plot was well driven.

This is definitely a character-driven story. We see Sara struggle with decisions she is forced to make everyday...does she give the father who walked out on her & her mother all those years ago a second chance to make things right? She wants to find out what happened back then, to hear him at, but she also wants to yell & scream at how what he did affected her. At the same time she is having issues in her marriage & every time she tries to talk with her husband, he turns it back on her. Oh how I disliked him at times. This book makes you feel so much about these characters & that is why I had such a hard time putting it down...it's that consuming!

Another one outside my usual reading choice. I can't even put into words how to summarize this. You absolutely have to read and go through the thought process Sara has during this journey. This is about family, forgiveness, relationships ruined, and the sacrifices made to rebuild them. It is a great heart touching read.

Moving and thought-provoking. Multi-layered, easy to dive into and devour cover to cover ... And the symbolism of the broken clay pot ... Love!

This is a family drama that is so gripping from page one. It has that quiet tension that sucks you right in. You can really feel the conflict between an estranged daughter and her worldly father, while at the same time detect the philial pull.

Sara has been a victim of irresponsible parents, and forced to mature so early in her life. She carries a bitterness inside her that is so evident with her negativity when she reacts to her general environment. The father TR seems like a regular self-centered male, and I feel like I waited forever for a redeeming factor to his character.

Things did get a bit dragging at the middle. Chapters are told through two different perspectives of the main characters, but for me the alternating narrative does not seem to add value to the reading experience. This is definitely a character-driven story, and so if you are one who looks for a complex plot, maybe look somewhere else. The revelations were a bit anticlimactic and dull.

Overall, I still think that this is a novel with a heart. It is lovely to see Sara’s journey towards finding her artistic self again. It’s all about repentance and second chances. We are reminded that we always have to work for the things we love. The first step to reformation is to admit you are wrong and ask for forgiveness, and the rest will follow.

This one is about family and building relationships and cementing hurt with forgiveness. It's told from the point of view of two characters: Sara and her estranged father, Thomas “TR” Harlow. Sara is a full time mother who runs the house in the absence of her forever on call pilot husband and seeing to their 10 year old son. Her father, a celebrity artist has moved on with life (though we see some semblance of guilt over abandoning his daughter) and it’s only when she gets a call from the hospital about the injuries her father has sustained that she has heard about him in many years.

Forgiveness is at the center of the story here but I had a hard time warming up to TR who is too curt, too escapist and just plain immature at over 60 years of age. Sara’s character is caught up between anxiety over her husband and her father getting back in her life and then abruptly, just too forgiving. The narrative repeats patterns of putting blame, trying to work out issues and not succeeding till the first half. It is only in the second half that the story picks up and new characters pop in.

I would peg this as a one time read and a book that did have potential to be either edgy or emotional at the same time. I am disappointed that it was neither but readers who want to go for a light read with family values may like this.

I was hooked from the beginning. This is a beautiful story about hurt and forgiveness. I enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting.

The Girl Made of Clay is a great story that focuses on second chances, moving on, and ultimately forgiveness. I found myself in a lot of these pages; the author does a great job on a topic that 'm sure a lot of people encounter throughout their life. Although the story felt a little slow during some sections, the writing definitely made me want to keep reading.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The storyline is pretty simple. It is about a family on the brink of cracking (see the clay reference I managed to get in here?) and how they managed to get past that stage.There were two narrators for this book one for the father and one for the estranged daughter. This helped get a bird's eye view because of the switching between the two narrations. They only talked about what they saw and we were given no more information than that. That again is something new to me, being privileged enough to have access to both sides of a the divide, the wronged daughter and the absentee father and being shielded from the rest of their surroundings. 

The simple story had a limited number of unknowns, and the ones introduced seemed to go well with the rest of the story. The people, their thoughts and most of their actions/reactions seem realistic. This I think is important in a tale about family. The story is narrated well and I think will be a good read for those who are a fan of this genre.

A novel about abandonment, betrayal, forgiveness that is a rollercoaster of emotion. The reader doesn't know whether to love, hate, or throttle these characters on the way to that forgiveness. Fans of emotional family dramas will enjoy this book.

Amazing book. Loved it from beginning to end.
Well written which kept me captivated throughout.
I will definitely be reading other books by this author