{"id":8526,"date":"2019-03-12T17:57:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T07:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=8526"},"modified":"2019-03-10T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T03:59:13","slug":"the-lost-girls-jennifer-spence-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/the-lost-girls-jennifer-spence-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Girls (Jennifer Spence) – book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Lost Girls by Jennifer Spence is a new release reminiscent in some ways of 1998 movie Sliding Doors, but with a darker, more urgent tone. The central question asks, \u201cWhat would you do if you had the chance to change a pivotal moment from your past?\u201d<\/p>\n

Here’s the blurb:<\/p>\n

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At the core of the enigmatic Stella\u2019s story, past and present, is a mystery she is compelled to solve, a beautiful young woman who went missing fifty years ago \u2013 and a tragedy much closer to home she must try to prevent.<\/p>\n

As Stella unravels the dark secrets of her family’s past and her own, it becomes clear that everyone remembers the past differently and the small choices we make every day can change our future irrevocably.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The protagonist, Stella, finds herself twenty years back in her past \u2013 in her old house with her younger family \u2013 and adopts the identity of her long-lost aunt. Armed with disturbing knowledge about her family\u2019s future, she grapples with wanting to change and influence things so the outcome is different. But is that the right thing to do? The Lost Girls tackles the moral dilemma cleverly and insightfully, providing the reader with not only a compelling story, but plenty of what-ifs to mull over.<\/p>\n

Monique Mulligan<\/b>
\n<\/b>For more of Monique Mulligan’s writing on books, check out<\/b> her blog<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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