The phone call comes out of the blue. It is the nun who, twenty-seven years earlier, set up the adoption of Lena Molloy's baby girl in Ireland. Just tying up loose ends, she says, nothing to worry about.
But Lena is worried - and intrigued - and decides to go on a secret mission to the west of Ireland, with her best friend, to trace the birth parents of her daughter, now making her international debut as an opera singer. At first the trail seems to have gone cold, but at last a chance meeting sets Lena on a journey to an outcome which in her wildest dreams she could not have foreseen.
I found this book at a fête and I only read the first line of the blurb before I decided to buy it. I hoped for the best when I started reading it and I was certainly not disappointed. This book is well written and interesting. Following the trail of her adoptive daughter's parents, Lena finds a lot of surprises along the way. The book is written in such a way that whenever you think one thing is going to happen, something else happens. It keeps you guessing and it keeps you wondering the whole time. As her daughter is an Opera singer, there are often times in the book when there is singing happening and the lyrics are given. This, while nice, can get a bit much at times because it is hard to sing the song if you are not familiar with it. I must admit that at these parts I just skimmed over the lyrics because they were a bit difficult to get through. This does not reflect badly on the story, I am just not a fan of reading lyrics in a story, in general. All in all I would definitely recommend this book. I have never experienced adoption first hand so I cannot imagine what it must be like but this is a heart warming account, although fictional, of a mother seeking answers for her daughter and finding some of her own along the way.
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