Theresa Rizzo
Autor(a) de Just Destiny
Séries
Obras por Theresa Rizzo
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 3/24
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 85
- Popularidade
- #214,931
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Críticas
- 28
- ISBN
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Forced to leave her baby and tricked into relinquishing her parental rights, four years later Catherine Boyd is back and she'll do anything to regain custody of her son--even reconcile with the husband falsely accused of killing their son's twin.
All in the name of love for a little boy, generations of pain and tragedy are exposed in a courtroom drama
Received in ebook format from www.netgalley.com.
Catherine attempts to get her 4 year old son back from her parents after she passes her degree with honours, only to find her parents unwilling to give him back. Instead they use him as a pawn to get Catherine back home to Chicago from California and back under their thumb
Instead she takes her lawyers’ advice and meets up with her estranged husband Thomas to present a united front to get their son back. They have not really talked since Thomas was acquitted of killing their other son, Drew's twin, who had died of cot death.
The rest of the book is the legalities of going to court to get their child back. During this time they have to not only work out how to be a married couple but also parents, something Thomas in particular struggles with as the last time he saw his son he was three months old.
The court scenes are strong and bring out so many secrets on all sides, finally reflecting the true nature of the relationships between parents and children of each generation. There are secrets between husband and wife and parents and children, some devastating as they come out in court.
I felt we got some understanding of why Eric was the way he was, but felt Sarah as the mother was a little underdeveloped as a character - just why had she felt so disconnected from her children? Why had she given up her job as a promising mathematician? Was it simply to have the children she was expected to have, even in the 1980s?
This is certainly a very strong start from a debut author and well worth the read!
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