My review: 4.25 ā
This author is one of very few that I allow to take me on a journey into historical fiction as it’s not one of my favorites. She is such an unbelievable storyteller who pulls you right in.
I enjoyed the weaving back and forth with dual timelines and narrators.
We follow Ellie in 1965 as she’s coming of age and getting involved in fighting for civil rights.
In 2010 we meet Kayla who moves onto the same street as Ellie grew up on. Ellie comes back to care for her ailing mother and brother, meets Kayla and soon old secrets come to light that some thought were long buried.
Great book!
Book blurb:
From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice.
When Kayla Carter’s husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories. But when she is confronted by an odd, older woman telling her not to move in, she almost agrees. It’s clear this woman has some kind of connection to the area…and a connection to Kayla herself. Kayla’s elderly new neighbor, Ellie Hockley, is more welcoming, but it’s clear she, too, has secrets that stretch back almost fifty years. Is Ellie on a quest to right the wrongs of the past? And does the house at the end of the street hold the key? Told in dual time periods, The Last House on the Street is a novel of shocking prejudice and violence, forbidden love, the search for justice, and the tangled vines of two families.
