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I really enjoyed this book. Set in England, New Orleans and then New Zealand, we meet Georgia. She’s a neurosurgeon trying to juggle work and home life. As the story begins, she suffers a terrible panic attack while in the middle of a surgery. What should be routine suddenly isn’t and she has to get to the bottom of her struggles. As she explores her past she also has to help her daughter explore her beginning.

During their journey, they spend time in New Orleans during what becomes the worst natural disaster in our country’s history – Hurricane Katrina. We meet interesting characters and explore the effects of this horrible storm. Throughout their journey, Georgia and her daughter reconnect and learn more about each other and their pasts.

Definitely recommend this novel for fans of women’s fiction!

I’ll be honest, I hesitated to read this book.  It seems the market has been saturated with WW2 novels and while I think the attention and remembrance is certainly warranted and necessary, I didn’t want to hear the same story again.  But I’m glad I gave this one a shot.  

Flora and her daughter Lexie tell us their story.  Flora was a young woman living in Scotland during WW2.  We learn about her mission to help the war effort, her friends and her falling in love with Alec.  Not only does a war threaten to separate Flora and Alec, but his family wants them apart as well.  Despite everything trying to keep them apart they fall in love.  A generation later, we meet Lexie.  Her career as a theater singer has ended and she moves back home to recover and care for her young daughter.  In an effort to learn more about her mother Flora, Lexie spends time with her mother’s friends and their small village.  As she learns about her mother, she comes to realize what’s most important.

I really enjoyed this novel.  I did feel it lagged at some spots and it seemed long.  But the overall story was wonderful.  I love to read about far-off places and Scotland is on my bucket list.  

{Photo from Goodreads. This ARC was provided through NetGalley. Thoughts and opinions are my own.}