What a story! To know that it is based on real characters, it makes it even more irritating! This Florence was not only a despicable mother, but also a faithless and self-centred woman. She traumatized her children and I am not talking about WWI ! Nevertheless, I do appreciate the honesty of the novel's writer. It couldn't have been easy to learn about Florence and what she had done to her family.
I was very astounded to hear how spies were recruited during WWI ! How, they convinced them to betray their country for money (which some people really needed as was Florence's case!)...
Overall an interesting novel but the writing left me cold: no emotion, more telling rather than showing. It did reflect Flo's character. It felt more like reading the news .
I received a digital copy of this novel from NetGalley and I have voluntarily written an honest review.