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...

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