The Daughter

The Daughter: A Novel by Jane Shemilt

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


How well do you really know those you love?

Jenny loves her three teenage children and her husband, Ted, a celebrated neurosurgeon. She loves the way that, as a family, they always know each other's problems and don't keep secrets from each other.

But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn't come home after her school play and a nationwide search for her begins, secrets previously kept from Jenny are revealed.

Naomi has vanished, leaving her family broken and her mother desperately searching for answers. But the traces Naomi's left behind reveal a very different girl to the one Jenny thought she'd raised. And the more she looks the more she learns that everyone she trusted has been keeping secrets.

How well does she really know her sons, her husband? How well did she know Naomi? If Jenny is going to find her, she'll have to first uncover the truth about the daughter she thought told her everything.

--My thoughts. Okay, we all have thought this. I think anyway? So, what would you do? Secrets come out. Wow. This book is chalk full of them! This is such a mystery you go back and forth, did she run away or did something more sinister happen to Naomi?

One secret after another and then you think ahha maybe this is the secret that will unravel everything. We also have a bit of a love triangle and other stuff going on that will delight the reader. I can't believe this is her debut either! Talk about an excellent new author coming out!

What descriptions. One of my favorites were, "Mad fragments of words hit against the lining of my skull." Such imagery. This book really will make you think and you will be delighted you read it. The very last paragraph will have you!

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.



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