Blog tour ~ book review: My Mother’s Lies by Diane Saxon

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4⭐
Genre ~ psychological fiction
Setting ~ Wales & England
Publication date ~ August 21, 2024
Publisher ~ Boldwood Books
Est Page Count ~ 357 (45 chapters)
Audio length ~ 10 hours 41 minutes
Narrators ~ Charlotte Worthing, Sophie Dora Hall
POV ~ single 3rd & 1st
Featuring ~ dual timeline ~ present & 50 years earlier progressing to the present, neglected child, miscarriage

Siobhan is the daughter of Grace, or is she? Her chapters are told in the 3rd.

Grace has taken a tumble and broken her hip. While in the hospital it’s discovered that she has cancer. She has no clue who this Siobhan is that claims to be her daughter since she can’t have kids. We head back to 1974 and hear Grace’s story in the 1st, present tense, which reveals a deep, dark secret that’s better left untold.

I really enjoyed Grace and James’s relationship. A man that lives on the street, he was always there for her, especially when she needed it the most. She was a strong woman and I appreciated how she stood up for herself in the workforce back in a time when it was tough to do so.

Overall, I found this to be well paced in bringing out the secret. Even though Grace’s timeline tells the story first, I didn’t feel like I was hearing it all over again when Siobhan slowly learns the truth. However, there was some repetition within Siobhan’s timeline when she was questioning things over and over again, but it didn’t bother me too much.

Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference.

Book blurb:

She’s been lying my whole life…

As if my mum breaking her hip and being rushed to hospital isn’t shocking enough for one day, now in her post-operative delirium, she’s just told me I’m not her daughter. That she has never been able to have children.

The nurse reassures me that people are often confused after a trauma. But I know this woman so well and I can tell there’s a grain of truth in what she says. Which begs the questions: Who am I? Where did I come from?

When I dig into the truth, I suddenly stir up a hornet’s nest of secrets, lies – and possibly a crime so unfathomable – that stretches back decades.

What has my mum done?

Can I trust her?

Or has my digging put us both in peril of our lives?

Diane Saxon’s new, absorbing thriller explores deceit, love, loyalty and family ties.

Purchase Link – https://mybook.to/mymothersliessocial

Author Bio –

Diane Saxon previously wrote romantic fiction for the US market but has now turned to writing psychological crime. Find Her Alive was her first novel in this genre and introduced series character DS Jemma Morgan. She is married to a retired policeman and lives in Shropshire.

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