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The Lost Child by Kathleen McGurl
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
💫 Book Review 💫
The Lost Child by @kathleenmcgurl
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Publication date: 30 Jan 2024
It’s April 1912 and Madeline is onboard the Carpathia helping to comfort Titanic survivors who are onboard their shop. She agreed to help her journalist husband interview survivors and in doing so she meets Lucy, a woman desperately searching for her baby who she saw thrust into the arms of another woman on a lifeboat.
This story runs side by side with Jackie, an archivist in present day who finds Madeleine’s a notebook and is drawn to the story of Lucy.
In both timelines there are themes of motherhood and baby loss so think it’s something to be aware of before you start reading.
I’m such a Titanic girl so I loved that this book featured real historical figures and it was nice to learn more about the Carpathia. It was clear the author had done a lot of research.
The only reason this isn’t 5 stars is that I’d hoped the two stories interlinked just a little bit more and also it spoke about Covid quite a bit (in the present day timeline obviously) and I get that it was important to the storyline but I don’t think so much detail about lockdown rules were needed.
If you’re a history girly and like duel timelines the I’d definitely recommend.
Thank you to @netgalley, @kathleenmcgurl and @hqstories for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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The Lost Child by @kathleenmcgurl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication date: 30 Jan 2024
It’s April 1912 and Madeline is onboard the Carpathia helping to comfort Titanic survivors who are onboard their shop. She agreed to help her journalist husband interview survivors and in doing so she meets Lucy, a woman desperately searching for her baby who she saw thrust into the arms of another woman on a lifeboat.
This story runs side by side with Jackie, an archivist in present day who finds Madeleine’s a notebook and is drawn to the story of Lucy.
In both timelines there are themes of motherhood and baby loss so think it’s something to be aware of before you start reading.
I’m such a Titanic girl so I loved that this book featured real historical figures and it was nice to learn more about the Carpathia. It was clear the author had done a lot of research.
The only reason this isn’t 5 stars is that I’d hoped the two stories interlinked just a little bit more and also it spoke about Covid quite a bit (in the present day timeline obviously) and I get that it was important to the storyline but I don’t think so much detail about lockdown rules were needed.
If you’re a history girly and like duel timelines the I’d definitely recommend.
Thank you to @netgalley, @kathleenmcgurl and @hqstories for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
#netgalley #thelostchild book #bookstagram #booklover #bookreview #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookishpost #bookishlove #whatimreading #historicalfiction