Laura has just lost her dad. On his deathbed, he leaves her an intriguing message to ‘look after Sarah Tolley’, because she ‘has no family’.
Laura is puzzled by this. She has never heard of this woman. Little does she know that her father’s request was going to change her life.
Just as she is grappling to come to terms with her father’ death and his strange wish, her husband commits suicide and her 5 year old daughter, witness to her father’s suicide, stops talking. Completely. Laura, a renowned Astronomer, gives up her passion and career to help her daughter come out of her trauma. One of the things her daughter’s counsellor advises is to get in touch with her daughter’s birth dad, a person who she has met just once.
Despite her worries for her child, Laura is unable to forget Sarah Tolley. She visits Sarah in the old age facility that she lives in when she discovers that her dad had paid for Sarah to live there. Sarah is alone, nobody has ever visited her and is suffering from Alzheimer’s. She does not recognize Laura’s dad, nor does it seem likely that she and her dad might have ever met. Puzzled, Laura delves deeper into the mystery of Sarah Tolley and how her dad knows her.She comes across some shattering secrets that some people are trying very hard to keep hidden.
A wonderful book. One that refused to let me stop reading it. It keeps you hanging on, keeps you guessing and then some more. I would definitely recommend this book.
Hmmmm….I am reading Krishna Key now….need to review it !!! Thats why I purposefully chose not to read your review 😉 I’ll read it after I write mine !!!
I dont know…does it have a happy ending ? 😀
🙂 I did that too. The blog world is bursting with the KK reviews:)
Sounds like a great book – am intrigued now 🙂
Its a great book!
I read your review without taking my eyes off it once! That plot is super intriguing! Need to check this one out…
You’d love it, Ash!
Ordered through Flipkart. I am reading this now BTW 🙂 Almost at the end now. Absolute page-turner.
Exactly what I wanted to say Ash 😛
Read the review at jet speed 😉
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wow!! this sounds really good…am off to search for it now…Thanks for the review 🙂
Got a very good deal @ flipkart…bough it 😀
Enjoy:)
reading it right now and unfortunately not getting much time but trust me it is on my mind always 😉
It is that kind of book, isn’t it?
I LOVE the sound of this book. Would love to read it, Will try and get hold of it. 🙂
I’m waiting to find out how you found it:)
I could have lent you the book- completely slipped my mind.
Now you’ve got me really really curious to know who Sarah Tolley is :). Looks like a very interesting book. Your review was gripping enough already, can only imagine how the book will be 🙂
Noting it down 🙂
Smitha, I love your reviews. They are so well worded and never break the suspense. I’ve read lots of book reviews in the blog world and almost all of them give away just a little too much of the plot, so it kind of spoils the fun in reading 🙂 Your reviews are the best. Now let me log in to Idea 🙂
Thank you!!! I’m so delighted to read this, Pallu:)
I finished it this evening and liked it.
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