Someone Else's Child
Kylie Orr
Reviewed by Helen
What a totally awesome debut, this book is fabulous it takes in friendships and what happens when someone crosses the line in the most dreadful way and what one friend will do to save the life of a child, a must read book one that I found very hard to put down.
Welcome to the small town of Gibbs Creek a small town filled with caring people and when one of those residents, eight year old Charlotte (Lotte) Garson is diagnosed with a terminal malignant brain tumor the community get on board with her mother Anna, father Jez and best friend Ren to help raise enough money to take her to Germany for a trial that hopefully will give them a cure.
Best friend and long term resident Ren puts everything into this fundraiser to help her goddaughter Lotte and the money is coming in but when Anna decides to make it go national everyone is starting to ask questions and Ren is finding it harder to answer the questions. Ren is terribly worried about Lotte and Jez is becoming more concerned.
Ren starts to dig and what she uncovers is so shocking that she feels it can’t be true but the more she digs the more she discovers and this will turn not only her life but that of Jez and Lotte’s completely around.
Kylie Orr should be hugely congratulated on this debut it is compelling and gripping, a book that was really hard to put down the emotions, all sorts of emotions good and bad run through the pages as we get to know the Garson family and Ren the strength that is shown by a little girl and that of the godmother who loves her so much she puts so much on the line for her. This is one that I highly recommend and I do look forward to more from this author.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read and review
Welcome to the small town of Gibbs Creek a small town filled with caring people and when one of those residents, eight year old Charlotte (Lotte) Garson is diagnosed with a terminal malignant brain tumor the community get on board with her mother Anna, father Jez and best friend Ren to help raise enough money to take her to Germany for a trial that hopefully will give them a cure.
Best friend and long term resident Ren puts everything into this fundraiser to help her goddaughter Lotte and the money is coming in but when Anna decides to make it go national everyone is starting to ask questions and Ren is finding it harder to answer the questions. Ren is terribly worried about Lotte and Jez is becoming more concerned.
Ren starts to dig and what she uncovers is so shocking that she feels it can’t be true but the more she digs the more she discovers and this will turn not only her life but that of Jez and Lotte’s completely around.
Kylie Orr should be hugely congratulated on this debut it is compelling and gripping, a book that was really hard to put down the emotions, all sorts of emotions good and bad run through the pages as we get to know the Garson family and Ren the strength that is shown by a little girl and that of the godmother who loves her so much she puts so much on the line for her. This is one that I highly recommend and I do look forward to more from this author.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read and review
5 stars
Published June 1st 2022 by Harlequin Enterprises (Australia) Pty Ltd
