The Hidden Girl by Lucinda Riley
All I can say is WOW! I have just finished this book and my
heart rate is so fast I feel like I’ve been for a run! Lucina Riley is a master
storyteller, and this book is an epic lost masterpiece. After Lucinda’s
passing, Lucinda’s son Harry Whittaker has taken this story, originally
entitled ‘Hidden Beauty’ and has reworked it, doing her proud.
The story is told in timeless between WW2 and more modern times. It is the story of David and Rose who escaped from the camps in Treblinka. David became a property magnate and Rose a famous artist, but they had fallen out and weren’t in touch. David’s son Brett is sent to stay with Rose in the school holidays – their first contact in many years, and whilst there he falls in love with the beautiful Leah – the housekeeper’s daughter. Unfortunately, this doesn’t go down well with Rose’s children Miranda and Miles.
This is an incredible story, carefully woven together to reveal just enough through the novel that you can see why things are as they are, at key points through the story, but with many ‘aha’ moments where more is revealed to explain the narrative. I loved it.
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