The Lost Child

This book was simply a page-turner. I was drawn to the story line told from multiple points of view of women from three generations.

Each woman's story was painfully heart wrenching but compelling. I was so immersed in their individual stories that I couldn't put the book down.

Harriet: a strong woman reunited with her husband after the war who is suffering from PTSD. Harriet finds herself in an abusive relationship and consequently loses her life at the hands of her husband's violence.

Rebecca: at the age of thirteen witnesses the death of her mother Harriet and also loses her father that same fateful night. Determined to become a doctor so that she can save others she suffers from anxiety at juggling motherhood and her career. Consequently she allows Jessie to be raised by her father and his new wife.

Jessie: During her own pregnancy she is suffering from anxiety and a deteriorating mental health. Having heard that her birth mother Rebecca also had some mental health issues, after she was born, Jessie decides to look closer into her past. After giving birth Jessie is so worried that the hospital staff will harm her new born that she escapes the hospital with baby Elizabeth. Unfortunately, Elizabeth needs medical treatment and as the clock is ticking her family, the police and the doctors need to find them both before it is too late.

I cannot express how much I really enjoyed this novel it was everything I needed to get my reading mojo back. Highly recommend.