Will her daughter’s secret tear her family apart?
When troubled teenager Immy disappears, she leaves her widowed mother Bea completely devastated. Bea pours her love into her six-year-old niece Phoebe, even taking her in when her single father Ewan takes a job abroad.
Then Immy returns, in desperate need of her mother’s help and love. But Ewan is clear: he will never let Bea see Phoebe again if she welcomes her daughter back.
As Bea grapples with this impossible choice between two girls who sorely need her, a long-buried secret comes out that changes everything – and Bea must fight harder for her family than she ever thought she could.
Her Daughter’s Secret is the debut novel by author Lisa
Timoney and having just put this book down I am already counting down the days
for the release of her next novel Her Mother’s Lies because her writing style grabbed
my attention from the first page and captivated me leaving me at a loss now it
has come to an end.
We are introduced to the warm-hearted Bea whose life has
been in turmoil, with the loss of her husband and the absence of her daughter Immy
she is filling her time looking after her niece Phoebe but life is still full
of struggles for them both. My heart warmed to Bea and her situation, not one
to complain but having everything falling down around her she still puts her
heart and soul into putting Phoebe’s care first and Phoebe seems to have
absorbed part of her aunts personality traits too not one to complain and
trying to see the good in other children despite their inexcusable behaviour,
she didn’t see herself as a victim just that the children had a lack of
understanding which made her seems so much older than her years.
The bond that grows between Bea and Phoebe is so endearing,
finding comfort strength and support in each other through their struggles. The
relationship between other family members can not be described the same, the
way that Ewan and Joyce treat both Bea and Phoebe left a sour taste in my mouth,
they were quite simply rude and appalling.
We learn early on that there is something tragic and
unforgivable that has happened in regards to Bea’s daughter Immy and the author does such a wonderful job of keeping
us in the dark and slowly feeding us little snippets throughout the storyline
as we start to build a bigger picture of the events that occurred that changed the
families lives forever. There were some unexpected revelations that I didn’t
expect and it just made it impossible to put this book down.
This author has a real talent in character development, I really
felt like I knew both Bea and Phoebe they were so well developed and I really
cared for each of them. I was educated too as I had never heard of Sturge-Weber
syndrome so this book will raise awareness for this condition which is always
respected in novels.
A praiseworthy debut from an author who is certainly going
to be one to watch.
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