Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: DECEIT &
RECLAMATION
Subtitle:
Author:
Beverley Latimer
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Part of a series? No (or
maybe?)
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146929376-deceit-reclamation
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This book is based on the real-life hardship
that many women went through in the fifties and before. Pregnant and unmarried,
they were dropped off at a home for unmarried mothers and forced to give their
children up for adoption. This story tells us about one of those women.
Betrayed by those she loved, abused in the home, but still finding a relatively
happy life. But what will happen when the unexpected happens? Can Patricia
rebuild her life?
What
I liked about the book:
The book is well-written.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
The book was enjoyable in its entirety.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the third book I’ve read by this
author. I understand she has written a few other books, too, and there may be a
sequel to this one. Whether that will tell us what happens to Patricia next or is
a different story along the same lines, I’ll have to wait and see.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is a contemporary romance.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Possibly |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like your books filled with love, life
events and challenges, this book may be the book for you.
I
look forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Meet Patricia, she's sixteen and pregnant.
It's nineteen-fifty-seven, and she is living in Southern Island.
Unable to cope with the shame of their
neighbors finding out about their unmarried daughter's pregnancy, Patricia is
left taken to Bessborough House by her parents.She is told she can return home
once the baby has been adopted.
Life within the walls of Bessborough is a
harsh reality. The nuns are spiteful and appear to bristle with hatred.
The girls who are sent there, are overworked
and undernourished, many mothers and babies do not survive. Others, who cannot
cope are sent to the local Asylum, never to be seen again.This will become
Patricia's biggest fear.
Patricia's baby is taken and given up for
adoption by the nuns, without her consent. Heartbroken, she is finally allowed
home.
Go forward thirty years, and Patricia is
living in England, where she works as a nurse. She is divorced with two grownup
daughters, who know nothing about their mothers past.
A development forces Patricia to relive the
pain and devastation of thirty years ago, but with unexpected results...
