Author: Danielle Flood

I’m not sure what prompted me to load this book onto my Kindle but I really enjoyed it.

The author spent most of her life trying to identify who her father was; the man she lived with and presumed to be her father turned out not to be. At different times during her life her mother gave her the names of several men who she claimed were the father. After the author’s step-father left the family she became no more than a servant (or slave) to her mother, always wondering why she wasn’t loved and trying to keep her circumstances hidden. As an adult she is able to find her father; it was a long and convoluted path and she had very little time to spend with him before he died.

The author feels very strongly that it is her parents’ story that is told in the book The Quiet American by Graham Greene. You can be sure I’ve added that one to my list.

Goodreads Rating ****