Lots of daughters, all at once

[Freewheeling Andy]

So, I've been wondering whether it's coincidence, or whether it's publishers jumping on bandwagons, but I've seen lots of comment on these pages over the last few months about three different books:

 

The Abortionist's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Historian's Daughter

 

Now, apart from me being a bit simple minded and always forgetting which one people are talking about, and from what I can tell, them not being part of a series, what is it that has bought these three to public attention at the same time?

[Janet]

The Abortionist's Daughter was a Richard and Judy 'Summer Read' in 2006. I think Memory Keeper's Daughter might have been one of their recommendations too.

 

ETA: The Historian (but no Daughter!) was also a R&J book. Not sure about The Historian's Daughter, but perhaps people though it was the R&J one?

[Freewheeling Andy]

Oops. Have I got this wrong, and there's only two daughters? Maybe it was someone else's daughter. I was sure there were three of them...

[Janet]

I did an advanced search and also came across...

 

A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres

The Daughter Game by Kate Long

 

and

 

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

 

All mentioned in May - a conspiracy, perhaps?!

[Mia]

I read The Alchemist's Daughter, not so long ago (just to confuse things further)! It was very good.

[NiceguyEddie]

And then there's The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan.

[NiceguyEddie]

Whoops, just seen #4.

[madcow]

There's always 'Daughter's of Fire' by Barbara Erskine