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| The Lost Girl by Carol Drinkwater |
My review today is for The
Lost Girl by Carol Drinkwater, her brand new novel that is released today.
A missing daughter. A desperate Mother. The answers may lie in the
past.
Kurtiz Ross has been emotionally
dead inside since daughter Lizzie’s disappearance four years ago; trying to
live with the repercussions of the choices she made in the events that led up
to Lizzie leaving home. Paris has offered her and Lizzie’s Dad Oliver the hope
of finding their daughter, when tragedy hits tearing the city apart.
Time ticks by slowly as we
join Kurtiz in a bar, awaiting news from Oliver and all the while Carol’s
writing gives a sense of anticipation, unease and a knowing feeling that
something is about to happen. At the neighbouring table, a lonely old lady,
seeking company, tries to engage Kurtiz in conversation. They have no idea of
the opportunities that will open up from that fateful night and the support
they would be able to offer each other in the future.
Interwoven with the physical
pain of grief and shock felt when your world is falling down around you, is the
love story of Charlie and Marguerite. Two lost souls living in desperate times
that called for risks to be taken, who found comfort in each other, despite
their very different ambitions and pasts neither wanted to share.
We live in a troubled world
and this book highlights the pain and emotion of ordinary lives caught up in
disaster. Carol is able to make the reader feel the intense tiredness of not
sleeping, of trying to function for hour after hour, conveying the horror and
helplessness of the situation. This is a gripping novel, whose theme and
emotions will stay with you. It is a not an easy subject matter, but it’s
sensitively and powerfully covered. Carol draws on her knowledge of Paris,
Provence and the Middle East to give structure and strength to her characters
and their lives before we meet them.
There is guilt, grief, despair
and regret but also a perfectly formed ending that offers hope and a future
Kurtiz could never allow herself to believe in.
You should add this book to
your reading list this summer, but you will want to give it the time and
concentration it deserves.
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| The Lost Girl blog tour |
The Lost Girl is published by
Michael Joseph and is available in hardback and kindle versions from 29th
June 2107. Links to Amazon can be found below.
You can follow Carol on
Twitter here, at her website here and read my France et Moi interview with her
here. To read my reviews of some of her other novels see the links below.
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