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    The Lost Sisters: A gritty saga about friendships, family and finding a place to call home

    By Lindsey Hutchinson

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    Orpha Buchanan and Peg Meriweather had a very different start in life. Orpha surrounded by wealth and riches, Peg dumped on a doorstep as a baby with nothing to her name. But one thing they had in common was a mother who despised them and wished them gone.

    Hortense Buchanan wasn't made to be a mother. Bullied herself when she was a child, she continues the tradition with her own children. When her daughter, Orpha, runs away from home, Hortense celebrates, never once worrying for her safety.

    Circumstances bring Orpha and Peg together, and soon they're as close as family, making their way in the bustle of a booming Birmingham and the smoke-filled Black Country. But before long, Hortense realises that her daughter stands in the way of the one thing she really cares about, and the bitter legacy of the Buchanans looks set to destroy them all...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAria
    Release dateSep 1, 2017
    ISBN9781786692535
    Author

    Lindsey Hutchinson

    Lindsey Hutchinson is a bestselling saga author whose novels include The Workhouse Children. She was born and raised in Wednesbury, and was always destined to follow in the footsteps of her mother, the multi-million selling Meg Hutchinson.

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    • 2/5
      When her cruel, abusive mother throws her out, fourteen year old Orpha must make her own way in the world. Though at first she is met with the harshness of the world, she encounters friendly people who take her in. Will she ever be reunited with her family? I'm going to be honest, this book was impossible to take seriously. From the start, this fourteen year old girl has non-stop luck. A kindly young man and his mother take her in, another family allows her to stay with them and teach her a trade, which she then uses to build her own business. Nothing she does ever fails, and thus I could not relate with her.The motivation behind her mother's actions was equally difficult to comprehend. In the beginning there is a single paragraph that says her own mother abused her and that she was glad to be in that position. But it's not mentioned again. How did she get away with everything she did? The book also moves at a very fast pace, presumably to cover every point the author thought necessary for the plot. We also jump around from person to person: Orpha, her father, her mother, the servants, random people she meets. It makes it difficult to read and the progression of time is impossible to follow. We are told many things but not allowed to experience it at all.Overall, I was not impressed by the style of this book. Perhaps there are readers who do enjoy this author's works, but I'm afraid I am not one of them.I received a copy through NetGalley for reviewing purposes.
    • 4/5
      The Lost Sisters takes readers back to 1897 in the Black Country. Orpha Buchanan is being abused by her stepmother, but she is afraid to tell her loving father. Orpha ends up tossed out of her home and made to find her own way. Luckily, Orpha ends up being taken in by Ezzie Lucas and his mum, Edna on their boat "The Sunshine". We follow Orpha as she finds her way in the world and discovers an unexpected bonus.The Lost Sisters is well-written and interesting. It could use some editing. I found the story to be a little too long. I felt the book needed an epilogue to show readers how everyone turned out (it would have been satisfying). There are nice, strong female characters and a good mystery. The author captured the era (even mentions Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee) and place. It was interesting to discover more about canal people. Overall, I enjoyed The Lost Sisters and look forward to reading more books by this author. My rating for The Lost Sisters is 4 out of 5 stars.