Book reviews by D.G. Kaye

Sunday Book Review – Lily by Stevie Turner #Shortstory

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Welcome back to my Sunday Book Reviews. Today’s review is for Stevie Turner’s latest novella – Lily, a family saga and women’s coming of age story. Turner knows how to touch our hearts in this one where I was addictively drawn into to Lily’s life.

 

 

 

Blurb:

Lily is 92 and failing in health. Her family told her she was going on a little holiday, and although she finds herself still on her beloved Isle of Wight, to her horror she is now living permanently in a residential home at the mercy of Bridie, the ‘horrible’ one.

To make what is left of her life happier she thinks about years gone by, and once again wonders about the strange disappearance of her 14 year old sister Violet in 1897. Her depression lifts when another new resident manages to shed some light on the 76 year old mystery……

 

My 5 Star Review:

A heartfelt family saga focusing on Lily – now a 93 year old resident in a nursing home, recanting her earlier life starting back in the late 1800s, growing up with her 2 sisters -one who was mysteriously taken away from home as a young teen with a ‘dreaded sickness’ – never to return.

Lily shares her history in thought and her memories of growing up and marrying her beloved Artie and the children they raised together. Now, in 1973, Lily has suffered a stroke and is now living in assisted living, unable to speak from the stroke, in a wheelchair, but her memory is sharp as a tack.

Lily gets a new roommate and the secrets of the past come to make sense as the mystery of what happened to her missing sister is revealed. The characters in this story are so beautifully fleshed out, and Lily stole my heart as I eagerly turned each page. A thoroughly engaging story all the way through a most satisfying ending, I read it straight through in one sitting, #Recommended reading!

 

33 thoughts on “Sunday Book Review – Lily by Stevie Turner #Shortstory”

    2. I think we all have bits of our lives we’d rather forget ,Jacqui. My husband has a great philosophy… he says live one day at a time and don’t worry about the future until it happens.

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    1. Hi Christy. You summed it up perfectly – heartbreaking and wonderful. ❤ Thanks for the wishes. I sure hope you lovebirds remain unscathed. ❤ I saw your Corona post and left comment. ❤ Stay safe! ❤

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