What if the person you trust most in the world is lying to you?I’d heard of the Baby Caroline case, of course. When a baby is snatched from her mother’s arms, the whole country knows about it. I knew about the parents left lying by the swimming pool, the open window in the nursery. But I never dreamed it had anything to do with me.
Today, my beautiful daughter turned one. We were unwrapping gifts and blowing out candles when the knock came at the door, and they took my mother away.
The police say she’s not really my mother. That she stole me, thirty years ago.
When I visit her, desperate for answers, she looks me in the eye, and says nothing. I can barely breathe. Is my whole life a lie?
I have to find out, but the more I learn, the more scared I become. And soon I start to wonder, am I losing my grip on reality or is my own daughter in terrible danger?
An absolutely gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.
First, I want to thank Miranda Smith, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
OMG!! What would you do if you knew your whole life was one huge lie? Miranda Smith’s Not My Mother reads like a true life story ripped from the headlines. It is an unbelievably horrific, tragic, intense, suspenseful read with twists and turns.
Miranda sure knows how to write an intense prologue that hooked me into her story! It was incredibly gripping!
Even though I am not a Mom I can feel compassion on how Marion felt about raising Ava alone.
I loved the beautiful mother and daughter moment Eileen and Marion had with each other. The gift Eileen gave to Marion was so sweet, thoughtful and something she could cherish.
There was one quote in the book that I absolutely loved “I believe in second chances. I believe we all make mistakes, and in the depths of failure, we aren’t in the right headspace to find our way out of it. That’s where I come in.”
I am so glad Eileen penned the letter to Marion when she was 10. It gave us readers an inside look of her past and why she did what she did.
My heart totally went out to Marion who’s life had been flipped upside down with this revelation. I have no clue how I would have reacted if I was in her shoes!
This is one cold case that got more interesting as the story went on!
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