The Lost Daughter

Name: The Lost Daughter
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lucy Ferriss
ISBN: 9781452680354

Author: Lucy Ferriss

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 14 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/22/2012

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Brooke O'Connor—elegant, self-possessed, and kind—has a happy marriage and a deeply loved young daughter. So her adamant refusal to have a second child confounds her husband, Sean. When Brooke's high school boyfriend, Alex—now divorced and mourning the death of his young son—unexpectedly resurfaces, Sean begins to suspect an affair.

For fifteen years Brooke has kept a shameful secret from everyone she loves. Only Alex knows the truth that drove them apart. His reappearance now threatens the life she has so carefully constructed and fortified by denial. With her marriage—and her emotional equilibrium—at stake, Brooke must confront what she has been unwilling to face for so long.

But the truth is not what Brooke believes it to be.

About Lucy Ferriss

Lucy Ferriss is the author of several books, including the novels Against Gravity, The Misconceiver, and Nerves of the Heart, which was a finalist in the Peter Taylor Prize competition. Her memoir Unveiling the Prophet: The Misadventures of a Reluctant Debutante was named Best Book of the Year by the Riverfront Times and her collection Leaving the Neighborhood and Other Stories was the 2000 winner of the Mid-List First Series Award. Other short fiction and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Missouri Review, Shenandoah, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Georgia Review, and have received recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Faulkner Society, the Fulbright Commission, and the George Bennett Fund, among others. Lucy received her Ph.D. from Tufts University and currently lives in the Berkshires and in Connecticut, where she is Writer-in-Residence at Trinity College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on September 27, 2022

For fifteen years Brooke has kept a secret form everyone she loves. Only her former boyfriend Alex, knows what happened after four and one half months into Brooke's pregnancy while in high school. The truth was so very unexpected.......more

Goodreads review by Cait S on April 02, 2017

The story itself was enjoyable enough but I am incredibly not here for the casually tossed around racism and ableism sprinkled through out the book. Even if I had LOVED the story, I wouldn't be reading this author again. So since it was just "okay enough to finish", that's a definite hard pass on an......more

Goodreads review by Christie on June 03, 2014

This was a great book to read! It was a total page turner and always left me wanting to read more!! At first there were some part that were a little boring which made me start to slow down when reading, but that only lasted a couple of pages. I enjoyed reading this book because something unexpected......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on October 03, 2012

A lot of people I have found didn't like the tone and disturbing nature of this book. I think the pretty cover throws people off. So don't let the cover fool you. It definitely is not a light hearted read. However it is really good. The characters are really unlikeable in the beginning, but that is......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 02, 2014

loved this story......more