The Day He Disappeared
Catherine Miller
This is my first Bookouture tour and I'm excited to share this new book with everyone!
‘He wouldn’t just vanish!’ Kate cries, her head in her hands. ‘Something is wrong, I can feel it. And I have to find him before it’s too late…’
When Kate meets Theo on the worst day of her life, the last thing she expects is to fall in love.
Sitting on a broken-down train, desperate to reach her brother before his last breath, Kate can barely hold it together as the minutes tick by. But then Theo, a man with a kind smile, offers to help. And as he gets Kate to the hospital on the darkest day of her life, she feels something brighten in her chest.
As Kate mends her broken heart, Theo doesn’t leave her side. Each day, he brings small joys to her life – from spontaneous dates in the hospital canteen, to a romantic weekend under the stars. And as she looks into his warm brown eyes, feeling more at peace than she has for years, she knows she has found happiness at last…
But then Theo vanishes. Kate’s calls go unanswered, and his house stays dark and empty. No matter what her friends say, she knows something isn’t right. Theo wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye.
Determined to find him, Kate begins to search for the man she loves. But when she finds out the truth behind why he disappeared, her heart breaks once more. Because Theo made a promise to protect Kate, which is why he had to leave her… But can Kate face the truth and find Theo before it’s too late?
An absolutely heartbreaking, emotional novel that will keep you reading late into the night. Perfect for fans of unputdownable and page-turning family dramas, and for readers of Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty and Diane Chamberlain.
My thoughts:
I'm only a little ways in to the story so far, but the connection between Kate and her brother Matthew is clearly a really special bond. The way the author describes the events leading up to and including meeting Theo were cute and funny. I'm looking forward to seeing where the characters go over the course of the story.
About the author
When Catherine Miller became a mum to twins, she decided her hands weren’t full enough so wrote a novel with every spare moment she managed to find. By the time the twins were two, Catherine had a two-book deal with Carina UK. Her debut novel, Waiting For You, came out in March 2016.
Catherine was a NHS physiotherapist, but for health reasons she retired early from this career. As she loved her physiotherapy job, she decided if she couldn’t do that she would pursue her writing dream. It took a few years and a couple of babies, but in 2015 she won the Katie Fforde bursary, was a finalist in the London Book Fair Write Stuff Competition and highly commended in Woman magazine’s writing competition. Since then she’s had four novels published.
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The Blue Trunk
Ann Lowry
Last weekend I finally had time to finish reading The Blue Trunk by Ann Lowry!
This story is told in two timelines with two FMCs. In the late 1890s to the mid 1930s, Marit travels from Norway to the US with her older siblings, Jorgen and Ingrid. When Jorgen finds an opportunity to get rid of his youngest sister, someone who tries to think for herself and knows too much about thinks he wants to hide, Jorgen promptly puts her away in an insane asylum. Marit then spends the rest of her adult life trying to prove that she is not insane and suffering the cruel experimental treatments used in the asylum.
In 2022, Rachel is questioning her marriage to her husband Blake, a politician, who listens to everything his campaign team, father and ultraconservative voters ask of him. Rachel no longer wants to play the role of obedient wife, especially when it comes to topics like LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights and being told what she can and can't believe or do. When Rachel inherits a mysterious blue trunk that belonged to a great great aunt from Norway who supposedly was in an insane asylum but otherwise is almost unknown to the family, she begins doing some research and learning more.
The two stories have many similarities, including forced to receive psychiatric services, limited control over reproductive rights, and familial relationships impacted by the loss of a sibling, among others, which shows the reader that despite living a century apart, mental health services and women's rights are still an issue today.
This was a cool story and one I really enjoyed. My great grandmother immigrated to Canada from Sweden in around the same time period, and I've always wanted to learn more about her, so I definitely connected with Rachel. Thanks to @booksforwardpr for giving me the chance to read and review this awesome book!
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