It has been a little while since I last picked up a book by this author but I had forgotten just how beautiful her writing is. This story is split into two perspectives - the first being from the view of the mother, Lydia, who returns home to discover that both her husband and two children have moved away. She understands that her husband had got an urgent job in another location and moved quickly with her to follow them when she can so we follow her as she travels the very hard and troubling path. The second part of this story is that we follow Lydia's daughters as they travel with their father to their new home.

This truly was a heartbreaking story where you have a mother who is separated from her children and not sure how long it will take or whether it is possible for her to see them again. Along the way, Lydia also meets several other characters including a boy who she is asked if he can accompany her on her journey to safety. She agrees but there is more to this boy's history than she realises.

This was such a beautiful story in a mainly sad kind of way and I would highly recommend.


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