Feb 28, 2024svwagen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This one was kind of a slow starter for me but the reward of a completely surprise ending was my reward for sticking with it. Not going to spoil it but hang in there until the end, you won't be sorry.
Dec 30, 2023BaileyandCasey rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent read!! I really enjoy dual timeline stories and this book kept me guessing to the very end!!
My new favorite author!! I will be reading all of her novels!
Sep 25, 2023lmichelini rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Loved this book. It kept me guessing and intrigued. The first chapter takes too long to get to the dramatic start of the story but after that, I was hooked.
This book was hard to read, confusing. After part 1 , I stopped reading. It was disappointing from an author with a degree in English.
I had read The Forgotten Garden and enjoyed it.
To write a book involving flashbacks is difficult. To write a great book involving flashbacks is nearly impossible but, Kate Morton nailed it. I enjoyed the storyline and the ending. I did have to re-read part of it to see if the clues…
Dec 07, 2020skatingonby rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My first Kate Morton book. What a beautiful storyteller she is, every detail is important. I will be thinking about these characters long after the book has ended.
Aug 04, 2020Alpha_zzz rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was a good book. It was a great page-turner.
The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is that there is an overlap between what Laurel learns and reveals about her mother and the story of Dorothy actually living that life. It gets…
Feb 15, 2019nnharrison2 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I will admit that the beginning captured my attention but felt a little slow. However, towards the end of the novel I could not put the book down until I finished it! If you find yourself part way through questioning if you should finish…
Mar 16, 2018MillieBT rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
1st half of book slow...middle a twist....latter half wow....engaging story about Laurel and her
mother Dorothy...set in two periods present and 1940 during WW2....follows the lives of 3 very
different women all linked by a terrible…
Jun 28, 2017EmilyEm rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Oldest daughter Laurel was witness to her mother’s killing of man on her brother’s second birthday, a death judged self-defense. Now, as her mother’s life is coming to an end long-held secrets begin to unfold.
Morton’s page-turning…
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