Thursday, July 16, 2020

Book Review - When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

 




Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news…

Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions—grief, loss, and anger—that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who’s been living a lie.

After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who’d become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives.

Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything.


My Review


Warning - have tissues to hand. This book is a very powerful read. It is the kind of book that one simply cannot put down. It is certainly an emotional rollercoaster.  This is the kind of book that one finds themselves falling in love with. 

I know I always write short reviews, but I could go on an on about how wonderful this book is. The story gripped me, the characters come across as very real in the telling. Everything about this book was brilliant. It is a work of perfection. I will certainly be reading more books by this very talented author.


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