Secrets, Families, Ambitions
The Storyteller’s Daughter by Victoria Scott is a beautiful dual timeline novel that I loved.
The action is set in 1941 and 2008. The periods are united by a family house and woodland as we follow a young woman in 2008 and her aunt in 1941.
Both main characters are similar in personality and circumstances. Both have been pressured by their families, having their personal lives squashed.
In 1941 Nita was expected to marry the man her parents chose for her – but Nita had a strong personality and would not be hemmed in by tradition and circumstances.
In 2008 Beth has always done what her parents wanted and has worked in the family firm. It was never her dream and now she decides to branch out on her own, having been re-united with her aunt on her death bed.
The ambitions of both young women was to be journalists. Now seems the ideal time to pursue these dreams.
Secrets are buried deep in the past. A death bed cryptic clue sends Beth delving into her aunt’s wartime activities – it is amazing what she uncovers.
The book has a serenity to it. The reader feels that despite of all the events, both Nita and Beth find and discover a peace within – this peace extends to the house and the reader.
We see the value of true friends. There are friends who go the extra mile and who will keep quiet as needed.
Wartime was a time of suspicion and patriotism. The characters are shocked at the thought of a spy walking amongst them.
Love blossoms where it will – and it remains, hidden secretly away.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Storyteller’s Daughter. It was an engaging read with a difference – a hidden event that I did not see coming! Grab a copy and see what I mean!
I received a free copy via Rachel’s Random Resources for a blog tour. A favourable review was not required. All opinions are my own.
JULIA WILSON
The Storyteller’s Daughter
A secret buried for decades… A story that will change everything.
1940: When twenty-one-year-old Nita Bineham is offered the chance of independence, away from the high walls of her family’s Surrey estate, she grasps it with both hands. But her new role at a local newspaper coincides with the emergence of a sinister rumour in their quiet village: that there is a traitor in their midst. Nita is determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth, but is she prepared for revelations that could change her life forever?
2008: Following the death of her great aunt, Beth flees London for the privacy of rural Surrey. Within the confines of her family’s dilapidated manor house, she hides from the dual wreckage of her career and her marriage. But when her aunt’s dying words lead her to a stack of old newspaper articles, Beth finds herself drawn into a decades old mystery: about a long-buried secret, and an enemy dangerously close to home.
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Author Bio –
Victoria Scott has been a journalist for many media outlets including the BBC and The Telegraph. She is the author of three novels published by Head of Zeus. Her first book for Boldwood is a Gothic timeslip novel, The House in the Water.
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