Bringing Maggie Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer

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Bringing Maggie Home(WaterBrook, September 2017)

Decades of loss, an unsolved mystery, and a rift spanning three generations

Hazel DeFord is a woman haunted by her past. While berry picking in a blackberry thicket in 1943, ten-year old Hazel momentarily turns her back on her three-year old sister Maggie and the young girl disappears.

Almost seventy years later, the mystery remains unsolved and the secret guilt Hazel carries has alienated her from her daughter Diane, who can’t understand her mother’s overprotectiveness and near paranoia. While Diane resents her mother’s inexplicable eccentricities, her daughter Meghan—a cold case agent—cherishes her grandmother’s lavish attention and affection.

When a traffic accident forces Meghan to take a six-week leave-of-absence to recover, all three generations of DeFord women find themselves unexpectedly under the same roof. Meghan knows she will have to act as a mediator between the two headstrong and contentious women. But when they uncover Hazel’s painful secret, will Meghan also be able to use her investigative prowess to solve the family mystery and help both women recover all that’s been lost?

My opinion: Filled with mystery and intrigue this book is an excellent read that really keeps you on the edge of your seat. I love how the book spans three generations and talks about healing and forgiveness. At times this was utterly heartbreaking, I cannot imagine what Hazel went through losing her sister under her care and can see why it haunted her so. I loved the character of Meghan and how strong she was, this book had so much going on and was a real page turner! I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.