Wow this book is amazing, couldn't put it down, full of twists and turns and I loved reading about the different generations, the letters and all their family secrets. One of my favourite reads of 2018.

I have read most of Linda's books but this is the best so far after While my eyes were Closed.

I can definitely recommend this book and thank you to Netgalley and Quercus Books for giving me the opportunity to read this fantastic book.

A really decent read about the secrets of three generations of the same family. It’s a good page turner with some emotional and hard hitting themes in it.

Loved this book!

What a brilliantly written and enticing read. Starting with the grandmother asking her granddaughter to look after babies at the bottom of the garden.

Family secrets are slowly unravelled with lots of great twists

My 4* review for The Last Thing She Told Me by Linda Green which I was sent via kindle from Netgalley to read and review.

"Even the deepest buried secrets can find their way to the surface...
Moments before she dies, Nicola's grandmother Betty whispers to her that there are babies at the bottom of the garden. Nicola's mother claims she was talking nonsense. However, when Nicola's daughter finds a bone while playing in Betty's garden, it's clear that something sinister has taken place.
But will unearthing painful family secrets end up tearing Nicola's family apart?"

This book is told in several different timelines, with parts going back to Nicola's Grandmother Betty exchanging letters with her sweetheart William in the war, but there are also sections written about Nicola's mother growing up in the same house and then flashbacks to Nicola's University days where her own daughter was conceived. Although I enjoyed the four different generations telling their own story, at times I got very confused and lost my way and had to re-read sections to determine if it was Nicola's mother or grandmother telling their story, and that is the reason I could not give it 5 stars.

However, what comes shining out of the book is that generations of hurt and hidden secrets because of shame, embarrassment or blaming oneself can destroy relationships and impact heavily on future generations. Linda Green has written a terrific book dealing with some current but very difficult subjects and I would definitely look forward to reading another of her books.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Nicola is caring for her dying grandmother and in her last moments she tells her to look after the babies in the garden. Betty passed away and Nicola is devastated. She speaks with her mum who tells her to leave it alone but when Nicola’s young daughter finds a bone, her whole world starts to crumble.

This story is interwoven with another POV from one of the women in the family and it’s so heartbreaking that I was in tears reading it. A beautiful read that had me hooked.