Synopsis – Not Your Child
I found you because I wanted to tell you. Jack is with someone else. He’s got no intention of sending for you or the kiddie or seeing you ever again. Don’t try to contact him, you’ll never find him.
All it takes is one message for Gemma’s life to fall apart. A confirmation of all she’s feared these last few months. Jack was supposed to be preparing for their new start in Australia, building their home, building their life together. And now this. Gone. Without a trace. Leaving their perfect world – all that their two-year-old daughter, Poppy, knows and cherishes – shattered.
Crystal comes into Gemma’s life at the opportune moment. This new friend, who’s been through it before, who knows how it feels for all of your hopes and dreams to suddenly implode, who wants to help, who will do anything…
Crystal loves Poppy. And Poppy loves Crystal. The minute they meet it’s as if all of the heartbreak over her dad leaving dissipates. Poppy feels whole again. And in a way, so does Gemma.
But what starts as a small kernel of jealousy soon grows into a larger sense of unease. Who is this woman who’s so obsessed with her daughter? And why does it feel like there’s something she’s not telling her?
Author Bio
Sheila Norton is the author of contemporary, feel-good fiction set in Devon. In 2022 she won the RNA’s Best Christmas Novel for her twenty-third book Winter at Cliff’s End Cottage.
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My Review
Not Your Child by Sheila Norton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
3.5 stars.
I read this book in one day.
I found this a quick read. Gemma was having a breakdown at work which led to her friendship with Chrystal.
Both women were likeable enough and I definitely wanted to know how the story unfolded. Parts of the first half were repetitive as it foreshadowed the story.
I did not predict the ending.
I did not have a strong emotional reaction to the story though I believe the author was going for that.
I’m not sure I’d describe this as a thriller or women’s fiction but either way I found it a quick, engaging read.
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