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A review by debtat2
The Love Child by Rachel Hore
4.0
Interweaving storylines of two generations of women from the same family that were separated at birth as they find their places in the world and ultimately finding their way back to each other.
Set in a time where having children out of wedlock was a mortal sin that lead to ruination of the entire family, this is where we find a heartbroken Alice. Nineteen, pregnant and single, following the death of her fiancé, Jack. Alice had been working in France as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse where she meets and falls in love with Jack. Unfortunately the war rips their futures away from them when Jack is killed in action, leaving Alice heartbroken as well as pregnant. At the insistence of her stepmother Alice is sent away to have the baby in private and adopted by a loving family.
Left adrift after the birth and subsequent loss of her daughter Alice is unsure what direction to take in life, wanting to jump straight back into nursing but forbidden by her parents she makes the decision to study medicine and become a doctor, A profession that is entirely male she struggles to forge a path for herself. Told from two opposing view points and dates it follows the lives of both mother and daughter, separated at birth but interwoven none the less.
Switching between Alice’s past and present as well as Irene’s story this is a multiple threaded story spanning years as the two women find their places in the world and ultimately finding their way back to each other. Even with the multiple switches the transitions are well polished and easy to follow as is the threads weaving everything together.
In Irene’s search for her birth mother Alice it reminds you how much you take the internet and things like Facebook search for granted. Their journeys are neither easy or plain sailing but entirely heartwarming. An easy read that delights and inspires and is one of her best books to date.
Prepare to be swept away as you follow Alice and Irene on their emotional journey of discovery in a predominantly male world.
The Love Child will be published on 05 Sep 2019
Set in a time where having children out of wedlock was a mortal sin that lead to ruination of the entire family, this is where we find a heartbroken Alice. Nineteen, pregnant and single, following the death of her fiancé, Jack. Alice had been working in France as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse where she meets and falls in love with Jack. Unfortunately the war rips their futures away from them when Jack is killed in action, leaving Alice heartbroken as well as pregnant. At the insistence of her stepmother Alice is sent away to have the baby in private and adopted by a loving family.
Left adrift after the birth and subsequent loss of her daughter Alice is unsure what direction to take in life, wanting to jump straight back into nursing but forbidden by her parents she makes the decision to study medicine and become a doctor, A profession that is entirely male she struggles to forge a path for herself. Told from two opposing view points and dates it follows the lives of both mother and daughter, separated at birth but interwoven none the less.
Switching between Alice’s past and present as well as Irene’s story this is a multiple threaded story spanning years as the two women find their places in the world and ultimately finding their way back to each other. Even with the multiple switches the transitions are well polished and easy to follow as is the threads weaving everything together.
In Irene’s search for her birth mother Alice it reminds you how much you take the internet and things like Facebook search for granted. Their journeys are neither easy or plain sailing but entirely heartwarming. An easy read that delights and inspires and is one of her best books to date.
Prepare to be swept away as you follow Alice and Irene on their emotional journey of discovery in a predominantly male world.
The Love Child will be published on 05 Sep 2019