Review: The Forgotten Family of Liverpool: A gritty postwar family saga novel that will break your heart

The Forgotten Family of Liverpool: A gritty postwar family saga novel that will break your heart by Pam Howes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another Bookouture beauty. Before reading this book I need to give you a little bit of advice.
​Lock the door, unplug the phone, turn any laptops, mobile phones off. Make yourself a cuppa and maybe grab a bar of chocolate, then find the comfiest seat in the house. Then get going, once you start this book it's difficult to put it down, I felt like I was traveling back in time, and going on another journey with Dora. A journey of life, the ups and downs of family life. What an amazing story this was.
​Dora is facing life as a single mother, trying to work and juggle child care, her life is ripped apart again when one of her daughters is taken away from her, Carol has to go and live with her father Joe. Someone has reported Dora and she doesn't know who.
​The fight is on, Dora wants her daughter back, and she'll fight tooth and nail to do so.
​I loved the suspense through this book, wondering how things were going to turn out, which decisions would change things for ever.
​A fantastic story, a family saga that I just loved. A real change for me as I read so much crime fiction, this was a refreshing change. After reading the first book in this series The Lost Daughter of Liverpool  I was really looking forward to this one, and when I received an ARC of the book I couldn't wait to start it.
​I really was dragged into this story, the characters are done just perfectly, you love the ones that need loving and hate the ones that need hating. There were times in this book that I could just imagine being there.
​I think I'm going on to much now, so I'll just say again 'This book is well worth reading'
​Anyone who likes a good family saga will absolutely love this book. I guess you could read it as a stand alone, but personally I would advise that you read the first book before starting this one, but that is just my personal opinion. And I know I'm right.

Happy reading.
Pam Howes - I can't wait for the next one.

​Thanks to Bookouture for the ARC of this book.

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