Bad Romance
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Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to...
Children of Ambition: Children of Vice Book 2
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Children of Vice #2 "Show me a strong woman and I’ll show you the scars on her soul that made...
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After Anna
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Nobody cuts deeper than family... Noah Alderman, a doctor and a widower, has remarried a...
Call Me Elizabeth Lark
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Your daughter went missing twenty years ago. Now, she's finally back. You thought she had returned a...
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Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated The Family Lie in Books
May 22, 2019
You wake up in the middle of the night.
Your five-year-old daughter is gone.
Your husband is nowhere to be seen.
Your family think he took her.
The police believe hes guilty.
But he wouldnt do that, would he?
Hes a loving father. A loving husband. Isnt he?
This book is about a mother, Anna, who will do anything to get her five year old daughter back. I really liked how the author portrayed Anna. All this mother wanted was to get her daughter back and would stop at nothing to do this. In the end she had to be brave and face her demons of the past to do this.
I also liked that there were so many twists and turns throughout the whole book. You never knew what surprise was coming next. This book had me guessing up til the end.
I thought I had it figured out but boy was I wrong, and I'm glad I was. Great book!
Recommend Reading!
Thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.
Lindsay (1812 KP) rated Counterpunch in Books
Jun 14, 2019 (Updated Jun 14, 2019)
We also learn that Mo is struggling with not only the loss of her dad but on top of that we get hear about an assault on Mo. Her mother is worried and knows something is wrong when her daughter do not come home after 3 hours of waiting.
We are some what left in the dark as to who exactly attacked Mo? How it ends you will be surpised to no end. It leaves you wondering did Mo's mother help or did she kill the wrong man? The cops seem to have hunch but is it right?
The author does have us hang on to find out what happens next. I would suggest this book for children at least be ages 15 and up. Though I am only suggesting that and it is really up to the parents of the child or children. They can decide for themselves. This book has death and crime and like I said an assault.
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When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter… Marc Seidman awakens to find...
ClareR (6230 KP) rated Love Forms in Books
Mar 8, 2026
She seems to have given up many things in her life all for the benefit of others. Giving up her daughter was to stop the scandal for her family; she gave up her career for the benefit of her marriage (it didn’t work) and her children. Being a doctor at the time was incompatible with motherhood for her.
This is a very melancholic read: Dawn appears to be lonely now her children have grown up and moved away. Her time is taken up with thoughts of her past, missed opportunities, and the search for her daughter. She has had failed attempts to find her daughter, and it sounds as though there were financial repercussions as well. There’s no mention of friends, as far as I can remember, just one male friend with benefits.
Should this have been on the Booker long list 2025 and now on the Women’s Prize long list? Why not, it’s an enjoyable, if rather sombre read.
