Release date - 8th March 2018 (Paperback)
Book length - 432 pages Publisher - Penguin Books UK Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Sam from Penguin Books UK for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK A heart-rending story of loss and enduring love, set between the darkest days of Paris and the sunshine of Provence. Her daughter disappeared four years ago. . . Since her daughter went missing four years earlier, celebrated photographer Kurtiz Ross has been a woman alone. Her only companion her camera. Since Lizzie disappeared, she has blamed and isolated herself, given up hope. Until, out of the blue, an unexpected sighting of Lizzie is made in Paris. Could this lead to the reconciliation she has dreamed of? Within hours of Kurtiz arriving in Paris, the City of Light is plunged into a night of hell when a series of terrorist attacks bring the city to a standstill. Amid the fear and chaos, a hand reaches out. A sympathetic stranger in a café offers to help Kurtiz find her daughter. A stranger's guiding light Neither knows what this harrowing night will deliver, but the other woman's kindness - and her stories of her own love and loss in post-war Provence - shine light into the shadows, restoring hope, bringing the unexpected. Out of darkness and despair, new life rises. New beginnings unfold. Dare she believe in a miracle? Set during a time of bloodshed and chaos in one of the most beautiful cities on earth and along the warm fragrant shores of the Mediterranean, Kurtiz discovers that miracles really can happen . . . MY REVIEW The Lost Girl by Carol Drinkwater is a layered and emotional story about relationships, both romantic and familial, and the horrors that existed in the past and now exist in the present. This is a story that will make you stop and think, really think about what has happened among the pages, it will make you hold your loved ones a little bit closer once you have stopped reading it, and it will make you realise that you should never put off until tomorrow what you can do now. Four years ago, Kurtiz's life was blown apart when her teenage daughter disappeared without a trace. On assignment abroad as a photographer at the time, Kurtiz rushed back but as days turned into months it became harder to remain optimistic. But Kurtiz was determined to keep searching and refused to believe that something horrific had happened to her little girl. With her marriage floundering before Lizzie's disappearance, it completely ended since she vanished. But when Kurtiz gets a tip-off from an old friend who she had distanced herself from, she finds herself in Paris waiting for her ex to find their daughter and bring them together. But what should be a happy reunion is destroyed when terrorists attack the city of light in a co-ordinated attack and Kurtiz finds herself rushing around in the madness trying to find those she loves. With the help of a quirky old lady, who shines a light on her own troubled past in an effort to distract Kurtiz and herself from the horror around them, it is just possible that hope will find a way through ... THE LOST GIRL by Carol Drinkwater has a lot of emotional elements running throughout this story - the loss of a daughter, the ordeals and abuse that Marguerite experienced and lived through which especially resonates today where women are finding their voices, and the horror of a terrorist attack that really happened which destroyed so many people's lives - but the author deals with it all in a beautiful and sensitive way and I definitely shed a tear along the way. The story flowed effortlessly from past to present and back again and added another extra special element to the narrative. Kurtiz is a tough character and as a mum, my heart broke for her, but she wasn't always likeable and made plenty of mistakes which makes her all the more relatable. Marguerite is a wonderful character as she recounts her life, love, and losses to us all and she definitely wormed her way into my heart. The drama in this story is intense but also sprinkled throughout with hope and happiness, and I did not expect the ending in any way which is always wonderful. THE LOST GIRL by Carol Drinkwater is a superbly written story about fear, loss, love, and hope, and I could not put it down. AUTHOR BIO: Anglo-Irish actress Carol Drinkwater is perhaps still most familiar to audiences for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. A popular and acclaimed author and film-maker as well, Carol has published nineteen books for both the adult and young adult markets. She is currently at work on her twentieth title. When she purchased a rundown property overlooking the Bay of Cannes in France, she discovered on the grounds sixty-eight, 400-year-old olive trees. Once the land was reclaimed and the olives pressed, Carol along with her French husband, Michel, became the producers of top-quality olive oil. Her series of memoirs, love stories, recounting her experiences on her farm (The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest and Return to the Olive Farm) have become international bestsellers. Carol's fascination with the olive tree extended to a seventeenth-month, solo Mediterranean journey in search of the tree's mythical secrets. The resulting travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree, have inspired a five-part documentary films series entitled The Olive Route. Carol has also been invited to work with UNESCO to help fund an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean with the dual goals of creating peace in the region and honouring the ancient heritage of the olive tree. For more information: Website - www.caroldrinkwater.com Twitter - twitter.com/Carol4Olivefarm Facebook - www.facebook.com/olive.farm DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!!
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