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There are 0 reviews and 24 ratings from Australiawith 4 star

charlene

Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2019

Firstly i loved her debut so was delighted to recieve this in my goody bag at the rooftop book event.

Packed with history and stories of women of all generations from a family . Heartache, loss, love and largely mental health... which i love having such a big focus. Its so important to talk about and how better than a theme of a book.

I whizzed through this trying to work out the pieces.

Emotive writing that will get you thinking

Beautiful and heartfelt . Really enjoyed especially on a personal level with my own experiences.

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Christine Wilson

Very moving

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2020

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You get a lot of plot for your money in this very full story than spans 3 generations of women and illustrates the vastly different way postnatal psychosis is treated. And with lots going on you have to work quite hard to keep up with which era you are in and what you had previously just learned. I think the author got confused too because on page 175 she has Harriet standing by the sink and saying to Rebecca ‘Don’t ever get married Harriet’. I had to read it a few times to see it was just a mistake. There was another bit of confusion over what time Harvey and Ted gave their statement to the police. At dawn or before dawn? But these are little editing glitches. The words ‘birth certificate’ kept going through my mind but were soundly pushed away as the plot was good and eventually plausible. I must have missed what Cecilia’s connection to Sea View was but that was probably my fault. I found the whole description of post war soldiers returning vastly changed very moving.
I read it very fast staying up late to read into the night. I think it loses one point because I found the plot almost too hectic. There was so much going on. But many will disagree with me on that - a 4 star review is still very good.

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A good novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2020

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Having read the author's debut historical thriller: The Girl In The Letter, which was fantastic, I was really excited by the premise of this title. However, the theme of a child born out of wedlock, a childhood marred by the mother's perceived failings and the way the girls past has been shaped by neglectful in this case parenting rather than forcible abandonment yet with a different backdrop (a lunatic asylum rather than one of the Magdalene Laundries). And while this is tempered with the modern story of a woman suffering Post Natal Depression, very well may I add, and the present day police search for the woman who's escaped hospital with her baby daughter who needs medical attention (much like the true story recently depicted in the news) I felt the intended past precursors took a front seat. Though i liked the difference and the merging of both time frames was dealt with well, it often felt distracting that both women's stories were so similar that I often forgot which era I was in and which character was narrating. I've also read for books (this being the fourth) this month alone that deals with the same issues (women's apparent madness caused by melancholy immediately after childbirth. And while each were dealt with empathically and realistically, I feel this too hindered my enjoyment of the novel. When books using the same theme are published at the same time it becomes repetitive. Though this is obviously no fault of the author, it's annoying when every book you pick up in the same two weeks deals exclusively with the same subject. I thoroughly enjoy Gunnis' books and I really hope her third title covers a different theme as the mother-daughter relationship and the impact of a mother's mental health on her daughter is becoming a little tiresome as it seems to be overdone in fiction these days.

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Happy Reader

Good story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2021

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I enjoyed this book although it did take me a while to get to grips with the different time lines and character situations, which sometimes chopped and changed a bit too much for my liking. The plot was good and the story well told, but I did sometimes find the structure a little confusing. All in all though, a good read.

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JOB

A heart felt story about an important subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2020

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This is a very readable book with lots of excitement and at times sadness.
I didn’t give it 5 stars because of the way it was written. Spanning over 50 years, involving at least 10 main characters. Each chapter told a story about the life of an individual which was very engaging but annoying you got to the end of a chapter expecting the next to follow on to tell you what happens next to find it begins 20 years later and about a different person. The story continued in this mode throughput which I found very frustrating.

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Mary J

What did Rebecca see?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2020

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Intriguing opening then goes on to show the effect on families of issues spanning three generations of women.
Storyline moves back and forth through time following the families. Unexpected ending. keeps you engrossed to see what will happen next.
good engrossing read.

C davis

Good story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2021

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Enjoyed reading this.

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hayley orange

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2020

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I enjoyed this book I found myself wanting to not put it down.A Nice easy read with some twists and turns. Im.going to look for more books written by Emily gunnis. Enjoy

2Dogs

Good story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2020

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Unusual story, easy read, Gunnis wrote 'Girl in the Letter' too........also a good tale. Would recommend.

Pat Latham

Wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2020

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I found the story very interesting and tried to imagine myself in the different positions of the people. Understanding Rebecca was difficult until the end. What a finish! Brilliant!

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