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A review by fasmina
The Good Mother by Rae Cairns
5.0
The Good Mother was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards for best debut crime fiction and it is one of those books you definitely should read. This might be the second ever book I’ve read based on The Troubles in Ireland and this book made me more curious.
The book weaves around Sarah, an Australian soccer mum who is very protective of her children. She is hiding parts of her terrifying past when she worked in Ireland as an aid worker. When her son goes to Ireland for an elite soccer camp which she was against at first, her past comes crashing down and she has to face those consequences in her present. She had to return to Belfast and testify at a murder trial, where telling the truth puts her whole family in the way of danger.
This is a very intense read. It’s sometimes brutal and realistic and I felt like I was the protagonist trying to face the demons of my past. Every chapter unfolded several emotions of her and we could feel the love, hate and betrayal that Sarah felt. I felt that Sarah is like every other mum, who wants nothing but the best for her children. She was so relatable in her choices and decisions and even if her decisions were questionable, it was totally relatable. Author’s notes at the end of the book was really interesting and sparked an interest in me to read more about the part of Ireland.
An amazing debut, this book is a definite winner.
{all thanks to Harper Collins Australia for the copy to review}
The book weaves around Sarah, an Australian soccer mum who is very protective of her children. She is hiding parts of her terrifying past when she worked in Ireland as an aid worker. When her son goes to Ireland for an elite soccer camp which she was against at first, her past comes crashing down and she has to face those consequences in her present. She had to return to Belfast and testify at a murder trial, where telling the truth puts her whole family in the way of danger.
This is a very intense read. It’s sometimes brutal and realistic and I felt like I was the protagonist trying to face the demons of my past. Every chapter unfolded several emotions of her and we could feel the love, hate and betrayal that Sarah felt. I felt that Sarah is like every other mum, who wants nothing but the best for her children. She was so relatable in her choices and decisions and even if her decisions were questionable, it was totally relatable. Author’s notes at the end of the book was really interesting and sparked an interest in me to read more about the part of Ireland.
An amazing debut, this book is a definite winner.
{all thanks to Harper Collins Australia for the copy to review}