Book Synopsis:
A moving story of love, loss and friendship that breaks and uplifts your heart.
A life filled with loving. A house filled with secrets.
Netta Wilde has a task to complete. She’s agreed to go through the late Edith Pinsent’s diaries and possessions personally. The problem is, she’s been busy sorting out her own life. But she’s in a better place now. She’s free of her manipulative ex, has a new love in neighbour, Frank and has reunited with her kids.
What better time to begin Edie’s story? A story that begins with a wide-eyed young WAAF in wartime Britain and ends with an eccentric old spinster alone with her memories.
But the path to discovery is not easy.
There are missing diaries to contend with, hidden clues to uncover and revelations that turn everything on its head. Revelations that make Netta question if her own life really is sorted.
Delving deeper into Edith’s history, Netta is overtaken by a need to revisit her own past and put things right, but to do that she has to find the two people who once meant everything to her.
As her two challenges intertwine, Netta realises that Edith had a purpose for her. One that she must fulfil
Bit by bit, the house yields a lifetime of secrets and the real Edith Pinsent begins to emerge.But will it be the Edith everyone thought they knew?
Finding Edit Pinsent is available in ebook and paperback now.
My Review:
Finding Edith Pinsent is a bittersweet, magical and absorbing read that I really enjoyed. I love books that takes you through a person’s life so you feel you know them intimately and are living their life alongside them. This book has an interesting twist on the classic format as it starts on the last day of Edith’s life so the reader only gets to know her through the journal entries Netta reads.
The story is told in two timelines one following Netta and the other flashing back over the events of Edith’s life. I must admit I did enjoy Edith’s storyline a bit more as I found it fascinating to experience the events of the 20th century through her. Her diary entries about her war experiences were particularly fascinating and I enjoyed the different angle they provided. It was interesting to read about ordinary people’s war experiences and to learn how it was a great leveller as it affected everyone.
Overall i really enjoyed this beautiful book which will definitely be staying with me. The way the book is written made me feel like was actually there experiencing everything alongside the characters. I felt I really got to know them so felt everything that happened to them keenly like I was experiencing it too. I think I went through every emotion whilst reading and was sad to finish the book and leave Netta and Edith behind. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I can’t wait to read more from her in the future.
Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Hazel Ward was born in inner city Birmingham. By the time the city council packed her family off to the suburbs, she was already something of a feral child who loved adventures. Swapping derelict houses and bomb pecks for green fields and gardens was a bit of a culture shock but she rose to the occasion and grew up loving outdoor spaces and animals. Strangely, for someone who couldn’t sit still, she also developed a ferocious reading habit and a love of words. She wrote her first novel at fifteen, along with a lot of angsty poems, and was absolutely sure she wanted to be a writer. Sadly, it all came crashing down when her seventeen-year-old self walked out of school in a huff one day and was either too stubborn or too embarrassed to go back. It’s too long ago to remember which. Against all odds, she somehow managed to blag her way into a successful corporate career until finally giving it all up to do the thing she’d always wanted to do. Shortly after, she began to write her debut novel Being Netta Wilde. Hazel still lives in Birmingham and that’s where she does most of her writing, although she spends a lot of time in Shropshire or gadding about the country in an old motorhome. Not quite feral anymore but still up for adventures.
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I understand this is part of a trilogy… sounds interesting. Thanks!
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