The Day I Lost Her: A heartbreaking and emotional page-turner by Catherine Miller
Book Description
As I stare at the girl, I feel my heart pound inside my chest. There she is, my daughter, right in front of me after all this time. I have to reach her, to hold her, before I lose her all over again…
I have experienced what no mother should: I have lost my child. Many years ago, after my divorce, my daughter moved in with her father, and then went missing...
For years, I searched everywhere for my darling girl, but she had vanished without a trace. But even on my darkest days, when my heart felt truly broken, I kept a hope alive inside – a hope that my little girl would, one day, find her way back to me.
And now, standing in front of me, so close I could touch her, is a young woman who looks just like my beloved Tilly. I’ve been reminded of her so many times over the years, but this is different. The curve of her face, the sound of her voice…
But just as my heart leaps with unimaginable joy, she disappears into the crowd and I lose sight of her. I can’t believe she has gone before I had the chance to reach her.
As I desperately scan the faces around me, my heart pounding in my chest, I realise I am certain that she was my little girl, back after all these years. But why would she seek me out now, just to vanish all over again? And how can I find her?
Because no matter how much time has passed, she will always be my little girl… And I will do whatever it takes to hold her in my arms once more.
BLOG TOUR REVIEW
Review for 'The Day I Lost Her' by Catherine Miller Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Catherine Miller, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous Publication date 16th August 2023. This is the fifth book I have read by this author. I have previously read Catherine's 'The Missing Piece', 'The Crash', 'The Girl Who Couldn't Leave' and 'Her Sister's Promise' which I would also highly recommend. This novel consists of 55 chapters. The chapters are short to medium in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case! Congratulations Catherine on yet another fantastic page turner!!! An absolute must read with vivid descriptions that set the scene for you. The cover, title and synopsis suit the storyline perfectly. Grab the tissues and clear your schedules as you will not be able to put this down!!! The storyline is realistic and filled with love, loss, heartbreak, tears, important messages, volunteering, tragedies, romance, family and much, much more!! It has absolutely everything you could ask for in both a heart breaking and heart warming emotional rollercoaster ride!! I was completely addicted from the first page until late at night when I could only put it down because I'd finished it. A beautiful book full of love and hope. It shows how far we can and will go for our children and how strong a mothers love is!! My heart broke and really went out for Yvonne, who I will talk more about later, and Catherine's fantastic writing skills ensures the reader lives vicariously through the characters and feels everything that they do as well as seeing everything come to life around them. I loved the fact that Catherine mentions food banks and those less fortunate in the community as others. With everything going on at the moment food banks have never been as needed as they are now and they are such an important part of any community!! The fact that Catherine is spreading awareness of places like this and the struggles of food poverty is fantastic as it helps those that need the help to go to them as well as encouraging those that can help to do so by either donating or volunteering their time such as Yvonne does. It really is a gorgeous book and can be read in the sun on the beach or curled up next to the fire at home. I was completely invested in the storyline throughout and on several occasions my heart was in my throat with what was happening. Catherine, you have such an amazing talent of conveying such vital messages and lessons via such amazing storytelling skills that your books leave me thinking about them months after reading them which makes for truly amazing talent. Congratulations Catherine and I cannot wait to read your next guaranteed stunner!!! This would make an absolutely stunning movie that I would love to watch!! Clear your schedule because just like with Pringles, once you 'pop' you wont be able to stop!! Absolutely stunning and addictive!!! I was completely invested in the characters and thanks to Catherine's evocative writing skills each and every one of them came to life and jumped out of the pages at me. I felt that I was next to them from the very first page to the very last. My heart completely went out to Yvonne and it broke for her. I am a mother myself and even the thought of losing any of my children brings me to tears and shreds my heart into pieces so I couldn't even begin to know how hard it must have been for Yvonne to go through what she did, along with everything else. I had my fingers and toes crossed for her throughout the story and wished and hoped that everything was going to be OK for her and that Tilly really was who she said she was. I loved that Yvonne was such a strong and caring woman who instead of feeling sorry for herself helped others by volunteering in the community and really cared for those she was helping. Some of the other characters that stood out for me included Tilly, Rhoda and Polly, among several others. I wont say any more about the characters as I don't want to risk giving too much away but regardless of how you feel for them they all came together perfectly to create this gorgeous and emotional page turner. All of the characters were all larger than life, realistic, strong and very likeable. A great eclectic mix of characters who worked perfectly for this storyline. ABSOLUTELY loved this book Catherine (no surprise there though!!) and here's to hoping you've started on your next page turner. Watch out JoJo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks and Diane Chamberlain you have some serious competition here!! Make sure you read to the very end of the book to read the prologue and the first two chapters of Catherine's 'The Day That Changed Everything' which promises to be just as addictive as this book and I cannot wait to get stuck into it!!! Overall an unputdownable addictive emotional rollercoaster drama filled with heartbreak, hope, family, love and some twists that will keep you glued to the pages throughout. 290 pages. This book is just £1.99 to purchase on kindle and £7.99 in paperback via Amazon (at time of review) which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!! Rated 5/5 (I LOVED it ) on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon UK and Amazon US and on over 30 Facebook pages plus my blog on Facebook. 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Author Bio
When Catherine Miller became a mum to twins, she decided her hands weren’t full enough so wrote a novel with every spare moment she managed to find. By the time the twins were two, Catherine had a two-book deal with Carina UK. Her debut novel, Waiting For You, came out in March 2016.
Catherine was a NHS physiotherapist, but for health reasons she retired early from this career. As she loved her physiotherapy job, she decided if she couldn’t do that she would pursue her writing dream. It took a few years and a couple of babies, but in 2015 she won the Katie Fforde bursary, was a finalist in the London Book Fair Write Stuff Competition and highly commended in Woman magazine’s writing competition. Since then she’s had four novels published.
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