Book Review: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase

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Readers of Lisa Jewell and Simone St. James will delight in this haunting, touching story of mothers, daughters, and belonging—and the devastating lies families tell themselves in order to survive.

One of Bustle’s Most Anticipated Books for Summer 2020

Synopsis:

An isolated forest estate.

A family with a terrible secret.

The discovery that changes everything.

England, 1970. On the one-year anniversary of the Harrington family’s darkest night, their beautiful London home goes up in flames. Mrs. Harrington, the two children, and live-in nanny Rita relocate to Foxcote Manor, ostensibly to recuperate. But the creeping forest, where lost things have a way of coming back, is not as restful as it seems. When thirteen-year-old Hera discovers a baby girl abandoned just beyond their garden gate, this tiniest, most wondrous of secrets brings a much-needed sunlit peace, until a visitor detonates the family’s tenuous happiness. All too soon a body lies dead in the woods.

Forty years later, London-based Sylvie is an expert at looking the other way. It’s how she stayed married to her unfaithful husband for more than twenty years. But she’s turned over a new leaf, having left him for a fresh start. She buried her own origin story decades ago, never imagining her teenage daughter would have a shocking reason to dig the past up—and to ask Sylvie to finally face the secrets that lead her back to Foxcote Manor.

Review

This book may cross the pond, but the story of how family comes first is at the heart of it as well! It also looks at folklore from a different persepective, than our first book today-from different levels of wealth. When an affluent family leaves London for the country with their nanny, they unexpectantly wind up in the middle local drama. With the arrival of a family friend and the absence of the husband, lie becomes chaotic and ripe for suspenseful drama, which comes without fail, While you see the drama coming, what happens AFTER is the part that will surprise you and leave you talking about all Summer long, making it the perfect beach read!

About the Author:

Eve Chase is the author of Black Rabbit Hall and The Wildling Sisters, and the pseudonym of journalist and novelist Polly Williams. She lives in Oxford, England with her husband and three children.