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They’d left their daughter with us, their only child, and we hadn’t protected her. That was all they would see when they looked at us—that we had failed them.
I count down the days until we can leave the city behind and return to the beach house. Where James and Katie can roam free over the dunes, like they did as children, and Peter will swap his 6 a.m. starts for the stacks of fluffy pancakes he lovingly serves up for our family breakfasts. These sun-drenched, golden days, just the four of us, are what I hold on to all year long.
But this summer Katie’s best friend will be coming with us. I tell myself the girls will have fun together, pushing aside the doubts I have about this uninvited guest. Isa. With her corn-silk hair and luminous skin, who manages to overshadow my daughter at every turn. Who has been dumped on us by her own parents, too caught up in their petty dramas to see what is right in front of them.
Because I can see it. There is something dangerous about Isa. Something more than a carefree girl, testing boundaries as she approaches adulthood. She threatens to cast storm clouds across my beach house days. I feel as powerless to stop her as I would in the face of a hurricane.
By the end of the summer, Isa will be dead. And I will have to face her mother. I don’t know if I will be able to find the words. How can I begin to explain that she never really knew her daughter at all?
A gripping story of the darkness than lurks beneath the surface of the most picture-perfect lives and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love. Fans of Big Little Lies, Kerry Fisher and Diane Chamberlain will be held totally in thrall by this emotional, twisty read.
Jennifer Harvey is a Scottish writer now living in The Netherlands.
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She is the author of three novels.
Someone Else's Daughter will be published on June 18th 2020 with Bookouture.
Two more titles will follow in October 2020 and May 2021.
Her short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines in the US and the UK, such as Bare Fiction, Litro Online, Carve Magazine, Folio, and The Lonely Crowd.
She has been shortlisted for various short story prizes including the Bristol Prize, the University of Sunderland Short Story Award and the Bridport Prize. Her radio dramas have won prizes and commendations from the BBC World Service. She has been longlisted twice for the Bath Novel Award.
Someone Else’s Daughter
By Jennifer Harvey
Review by
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Jennifer Harvey, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Someone Else’s Daughter by Jennifer Harvey is an incredible must read, fast paced, very emotional, totally heartbreaking book. This is one book that will want to hug your loved ones a little closer after reading it. It is one that you will remember long after you finish it.
Jennifer sure knows how to start out her stories on a shocking yet heartbreaking note. She grabbed my attention right away! I needed to know what happened to Isa! The story kept getting better and better from there! Nothing though could prepare you for the total shocking secrets, twists and turns that were to come later.
There were a lot of issues that were touched upon in this book. Such topics as low self esteem, infidelity, underage drug and alcohol use, parental neglect, etc.
Jennifer is an incredible writer who totally understands the mindset of a teenager. This to me was felt strongly as Katie suffered low self esteem issues compared to Isa. I felt it was an incredible part of the story that is so relevant in today's world especially with social media. Although, it was not just one character that felt this way. There was a strong message in this book that any woman of any age.
Someone Else’s Daughter had secret after secret revealed at the end. There was one in particular that I never saw coming and totally shocked me. Never in a million years did I see that coming! I was just blown away!
I am so very thankful that Jennifer Harvey took that Curtis Brown Writing Class and that is how her idea for this book came about! It is an unforgettable story!
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