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A review by rhonaea
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
3.0
Julia Kelly picks up on old family stories of evacuations during World War Two, the Liverpool blitz and inter-racial marriage to craft an interesting reflection on the experience of so many families in the last war.
Viv is trying to bring up her daughter, Maggie aged 4, in the face of parental and community prejudice against her shotgun wedding to a Jewish musician, who promptly heads off to New York. Her parents are strict Catholics, but without the love and forgiveness bit. Her in-laws seem not to care at all, never having reached out after the north of her little girl. Viv is pushed into evacuating Maggie to an affluent, childless couple, who seem all too keen to keep her. The story is told by Viv and her husband Joshua.
I listened to the audiobook and recommend listening on 1.5 speed as it’s quite a slow delivery style.
Viv is trying to bring up her daughter, Maggie aged 4, in the face of parental and community prejudice against her shotgun wedding to a Jewish musician, who promptly heads off to New York. Her parents are strict Catholics, but without the love and forgiveness bit. Her in-laws seem not to care at all, never having reached out after the north of her little girl. Viv is pushed into evacuating Maggie to an affluent, childless couple, who seem all too keen to keep her. The story is told by Viv and her husband Joshua.
I listened to the audiobook and recommend listening on 1.5 speed as it’s quite a slow delivery style.