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The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay by Julie Brooks #Book Review #Historical Fiction #The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW I enjoyed reading Julie Brook's debut darkly gripped dual time novel,  The secrets of Bridgewater bay. This is a well researched historical fiction book with a prologue that starts off mysteriously. The author sets the plot for the novel mostly at the two places, the coastline  of South West Victoria and wild coastline of North Devon taking place in 20th century and one hundred years later.  I found the character Molly very interesting, her cleverness to solve a problem which happened in her family at dual timelines, spanning generations which leaves molly gripped and feeling worse.  England 1919:  Two women, Rose and Ivy set sail for Australia, bound by a terrible truth.  But only one will make it off the ship. It took me by surprise, Ivy dies with Spanish  flu enroute  Colombo. In 1963, Rose is missing, feared to have drowned at Bridgewater bay. Australia 2016: Molly discovers an envelope with an old photograph ...