What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ?
Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we?
But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.
The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumb trail of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .
Somewhat disappointed in this novel. Another of my favorite authors just did not deliver this time. The story was not written fluently and jumped about in a way that dud not make it easy to read of follow. I think it would have benefited by being written in 2 parts, like the book "The Last Mrs Parrish", telling the story in two separate parts, one time zone and then the other, rather than trying to jump back and forward.
The insertion of some convenient characters did not help either as they were, obviously, there to lead us down one storyline path but just ended up confusing the story and giving me more questions.
The overall concept was good but, knowing how well this author can write, I was not a fan.
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