![]() ![]() ![]() Ferriss (Nerves of the Heart) writes many lovely, poetic passages, but this maudlin tale, full of flawed souls flung implausibly together, relies on too many coincidences. What she and Alex stumble across back in Windermere, however, pushes the reader's suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. ![]() They return to the scene of the crime to seek closure and, Brooke hopes, save her rocky marriage. 15 years later, the reemergence of a born and abandoned baby girl changes the life of her biological parents. It's around this time that Alex reappears. The Lost Daughter Lucy Ferriss 0.00 0 ratings0 reviews Want to read Buy on Amazon Rate this book The Lost Daughter originates from a piece of headline new many years ago - an underage girl's infanticide in a motel. Fifteen years later, Brooke and Sean have a precocious daughter and Sean is aching for another child. Review: 'From its harrowing prologue to its final sentences, I was emotionally engaged.' - Wally Lamb 'One of the best writers around. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The act pushed her and her lover, Alex, apart instead of going to college as she'd planned, Brooke found work at a plant nursery and married Sean, an affable Irish tenor prone to drink, while Alex went to Japan, married, and lost a son to a heart condition. Lucy Ferrisss haunting novel reveals the profound ways in which remorse over the past can not only derail lives but also-sometimes-redeem them. Brooke O'Connor has carried a secret for years: at the age of 17, she bore and abandoned a child behind a motel in Windermere, Conn. ![]() This uneven novel follows a cast of vulnerable characters as they navigate lives littered with the tragic consequences of youthful mistakes. ![]()
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