Synopsis
'Caroline Bond has a gift for weaving heart-rending tales of impossible decisions' Amanda Brooke, author of The Bad Mother
How do you protect the ones you love from the secrets that hurt them most?
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Cassie is adopted. She's never felt like the odd one out in her family, but at seventeen she decides to find her birth mother. As she starts digging, she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. And, in uncovering her history, Cassie learns of a terrible secret that her parents kept from her. A secret that will shatter relationships, expose the decisions of the past and lead everyone involved to question what really makes a family.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 9781786493705
- Number of pages: 368
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 24 mm
- Languages: English
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The past can never be forgotten
The Forgotten Sister is a tale about adoption, loss, grief, relationships, perspective and ultimately family,
Cassie and Leah were separated by the adopt... READ MORE
Brilliant
I'm a huge fan of JoJo Moyes so when I saw that it said people who like JoJo Moyes will like this book I had to get it. And it didn't disappoint. A wonderf... READ MORE
Beautiful, heart-breaking and true to life
“To lose your family is heart-breaking. To be forgotten by them is unforgivable”.
Caroline’s writing beautifully conveys the story of Cassie, a 17 year ol... READ MORE
Great book
I absolutely whizzed through this book in just a couple of days - once I picked it up I couldn't put it down! It tackles the sensitive issue of adoption wi... READ MORE
Thought Provoking
17 year old Cassie has a normal life. She has a job, she goes to college, she has a boyfriend and a loving family. Only Cassie thinks her parents are holdi... READ MORE
The Forgotten Sister
From the very first few pages I was hooked on this story. We start off with a very panicked phone call about a family member in hospital. It’s a shocking a... READ MORE
Older audiences
So i won this but I read a couple chapters and it looked really bad:
To lose your family is heart-breaking. To be forgotten by them is unforgivable.
Cass... READ MORE
A gripping family drama
The Forgotten Sister is a gripping family drama that grabbed me from the very beginning. Its gentle and heartfelt writing explores the complexity of family... READ MORE
The Perfect Family
This is the second novel by Caroline Bond and it did not disappoint. Like The Second Child this is a tale all about families and how they operate behind t... READ MORE
Fantastic read
The Forgotten Child, where to start ...
This book was a great read, definitely thought provoking, all based around sisterly love. There's soo much going o... READ MORE
pure brilliant
This book was a real page turner, when Cassie began looking for her mother i just could not stop reading, the story had captured me and i couldn't wait for... READ MORE
fantastic
This is a story that really did appeal to me and intrigued me.I started out feeling very curious about how things would develope, how relationships would b... READ MORE
what do i think
I haven't read this book but i would love to read it.
Family is very important and you should always stick together and support each other at all times, t... READ MORE
Emotional
I was originally drawn to this book by the cover - simple but beautiful - and after reading the plot I just had to read this book.
I loved the writing sty... READ MORE
Wow
I read the ‘sneak peak’ for this book and wow. That’s all I can say! I was completely glued to this book from the first page. The storyline is so enthralli... READ MORE
Thrilling
The book is very well written so that it flows from one event to another without the feeling of it listing a sequence of events. It speaks to the reader, ... READ MORE
A really good read!
I enjoyed reading this book and I liked the design on the front cover. The story is about Cassie (or Cassidie) who was adopted as a child. As she gets olde... READ MORE
A Lovely Story
Tom and Grace had wanted children but for some reason it wasn’t happening so they went through all the classes and form filling to adopt a child, one day t... READ MORE
Loved it!
I really enjoyed this book. The cover is really nice to look at. There were quite a lot of typos in it which hopefully will be corrected before it gets pub... READ MORE
Intense family drama on the subject of adoption, questions of omission & divided loyalties.
The Forgotten Sister starts in the most dramatic and ominous of fashions with two parents receiving the devastating news that their daughter has been broug... READ MORE
Emotional Read
Cassie has always known that she was adopted, she lives a happy life in a lovely house with her adoptive parents and their daughter Erin who she sees as he... READ MORE
Utterly eye opening
This book started out pretty slowly, in fact I’ll be honest, the first half of the book was pretty slow for me, I found myself growing pretty tired when re... READ MORE
Honest and Thought-provoking
I enjoyed "The Forgotten Sister" by Caroline Bond, a story of two sisters who were separated at a young age when they were taken into care because their bi... READ MORE
A skilful and sensitive novel about adoption
The Forgotten Sister is a well-written novel that skillfully explores the effect of adoption on family relationships. I particularly liked the sensitive an... READ MORE
Thought provoking but I didn't love it
This story is about Cassie's quest to find out some more information about her birth mother. Her adoptive parents are not so keen for her to do so and thei... READ MORE
A moving and convincing portrayal of a search for answers.
After trying for many years to have a child of their own, Grace and Tom adopted Cassie when she was three years old. They had immediately bonded with the b... READ MORE
Sister Sister
Fancy finding out that, as well being adopted, you also had a sister who your adoptive parents chose not to adopt at the same time as you. And they are lyi... READ MORE