The Forgotten by Mary Chamberlain is a fascinating, unique, and addictive historical fiction that I thoroughly enjoyed.

This is the first book that I have read by Ms. Chamberlain and I have to say I am now a fan. This book is so complex and beautifully written. It interweaves between the years of WWII and post-war to unravel a story and reveal mysteries, secrets, and the true nature of the characters involved.

This book shows, amongst many things, what extraordinary, and sometimes mundane, things and situations people had to do and were placed in during wartime. The espionage, the lies, the secrets, the sacrifices, the emotional and physical trauma…they were all experienced by what had been “ordinary” citizens before the war.

That is all well and good, but what happens to these individuals afterwards, the citizens that are still alive? What happens to fractured families? The survivors of tragedies, losses, and injuries? How do they pick up the pieces and try to find a life afterwards? A life that cannot go back to how it was before knowing what they know now? How can they, should they, move on?

That is what I feel this book covers with the narrative of these main characters. Nothing is what it seemed. This is a darker, more introspective look at the years after the war and happened at least to this particular character cast with these challenges.

I really enjoyed it.

5/5 stars

Thank you NG and OneWorld Publications for this wonderful arc and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion.

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