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A review by michellebriets
The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham
3.0
Meticulously researched and written, Graham has written a lovely novel about British Home Children, which I knew a little of, but nothing like this.
It's a sweet story about resilience and family in its own way. It also tells the true story - as mentioned in the note from the author at the end of the book - about many, many, home children and what they went through.
Why the 3 stars then?
In many ways this novel felt artificial, light, and more focused on tying a nice little bow on things. Is some ways, it almost reminded me of the film Pearl Harbour, in which the romance is brought to the forefront over telling the gritty truth, and the relationship is the biggest takeaway from the movie. You leave satisfied, but it doesn't have the depth of substance that it perhaps should have had. If that makes any sense, haha.
While not my favorite read this year, it has given me some information about these children that I simply had no idea about. I'm glad that someone was able to tell their story as elegantly as Graham has done here.
It's a sweet story about resilience and family in its own way. It also tells the true story - as mentioned in the note from the author at the end of the book - about many, many, home children and what they went through.
Why the 3 stars then?
In many ways this novel felt artificial, light, and more focused on tying a nice little bow on things. Is some ways, it almost reminded me of the film Pearl Harbour, in which the romance is brought to the forefront over telling the gritty truth, and the relationship is the biggest takeaway from the movie. You leave satisfied, but it doesn't have the depth of substance that it perhaps should have had. If that makes any sense, haha.
While not my favorite read this year, it has given me some information about these children that I simply had no idea about. I'm glad that someone was able to tell their story as elegantly as Graham has done here.