‘She hasn’t told you, has she?’ He squeezed his eyes shut. She watched the muscles of his jaw tense, then his eyes blinked open and he took a deep breath… ‘I’m not your father.’He was there for her first steps, for her first day of school. He helped her with her homework, and took her for ice cream at the weekends. And then, two days before her ninth birthday, Martha’s father walked out. She never knew what went wrong, but she and her mother Fran never saw or heard from him again.
Fifteen years later, frustrated in a life which consists of caring for an increasingly-ill Fran, and heartbroken after the death of a beloved friend, Martha decides she needs some answers, and she knows it’s time to track down the father who left them behind.
Except when she comes face-to-face with him for the first time in fifteen years, he tells her a brutal truth.
He isn’t her father.
Her mother has been telling lies.
Kindle Edition, 332 pages
Expected publication: October 23rd 2019 by Bookouture
MY REVIEW:
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Martha's father walked out on her right before her 9th Birthday and he never looked back. She has been very hurt. It is now 15 years later and she is still living with her mom, who is an alcoholic and has diabetes and they are in dire straights of losing everything because of finances. Martha's boss died
unexpectedly so she now has to go job hunting. Her mom becomes ill and Martha decides to finally find her father and talk to him. Only to have her whole world blown apart. This is a psychological thriller of finding out truths that have been held from Martha on so many levels. Martha turns to a friend, Izzy, who she only knew outside of her home. Martha's mother, Fran has kept her a recluse all of her life and has kept her on a short chain. I really wanted to tell Martha to run. She is not the adult of her mom but her own adult now and to go do what she wants with her life.Then you have Anna who has always been there for Fran and helped her out whenever she has needed it.
I only felt bad for Martha as her mom kept such a tight rein on her but once Martha was old enough she could have left and had her own life. I never felt bad for Fran as she reaped what she sowed.
I received this ARC from Bookouture and NetGalley.
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unexpectedly so she now has to go job hunting. Her mom becomes ill and Martha decides to finally find her father and talk to him. Only to have her whole world blown apart. This is a psychological thriller of finding out truths that have been held from Martha on so many levels. Martha turns to a friend, Izzy, who she only knew outside of her home. Martha's mother, Fran has kept her a recluse all of her life and has kept her on a short chain. I really wanted to tell Martha to run. She is not the adult of her mom but her own adult now and to go do what she wants with her life.Then you have Anna who has always been there for Fran and helped her out whenever she has needed it.
I only felt bad for Martha as her mom kept such a tight rein on her but once Martha was old enough she could have left and had her own life. I never felt bad for Fran as she reaped what she sowed.
I received this ARC from Bookouture and NetGalley.
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