THE LOST GIRLS is a tale of the long ago summer of 1935 when
a five year old little girl named Emily Evans disappeared.
Her sisters, Lilith and Lucy, are as close to each other as
any sisters but Emily is always with their mother so she is
not well-liked by her sisters. Every summer, the family
packs up and goes to their lake house. The year of 1935 is a
summer that starts out the same as all
of the summers in the past but it ends up being a time of
major changes and the revealing of dark secrets, most of
them quite shocking. That summer ends with the vanishing of
Emily and quite a serious confrontation within the family.
Years pass, with their mother and Lilith both passing. Lucy
is the last to go.
Lucy has left everything in a will to her niece, Justine,
who has her own issues to deal with. She finds that she has
inherited the
old lake house along with everything Lucy owned at the time
of her death. Justine takes this as a sign that this is
exactly what she
needs to make some much needed changes in her life. She
packs up her two young daughters and heads across the
country to see her inheritance. Once they arrive, it is to
discover quite a bit about their ancestors as well as their
secrets. Lucy has left a journal for Justine that solves all
ancient mysteries, but will Justine know what to do with
that information and will this be the new start that she
envisioned?
Heather Young has skillfully crafted a novel that will
mesmerize and hold you in its thrall from the first page
until the last. I found that I really did not want THE LOST
GIRLS to end. Packed with suspenseful mysteries, it is one
of the most captivating stories I have had the pleasure of
reading. While the plot line did leave some room for readers
to insert what they feel is going on, it is never really
quite what you think it is.
THE LOST GIRLS is easily one of those books that would make
a totally hypnotic movie. As I read the story, I could
actually picture the scenes depicted within the covers of
this book. Not only would it be a stunning cinematic event
but the plot is not something you can just let go of at a
moment's notice.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of THE LOST GIRLS
today and prepare to spend the day curled up getting
involved in this very different sort of world.
A stunning debut novel that examines the price of loyalty,
the burden of regret, the meaning of salvation, and the
sacrifices we make for those we love, told in the voices of
two unforgettable women linked by a decades-old family
mystery at a picturesque lake house.
In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s
vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance
destroys the family—her father commits suicide, and her
mother and two older sisters spend the rest of their lives
at the lake house, keeping a decades-long vigil for the lost
child.
Sixty years later, Lucy, the quiet and watchful middle
sister, lives in the lake house alone. Before her death, she
writes the story of that devastating summer in a notebook
that she leaves, along with the house, to the only person
who might care: her grandniece, Justine. For Justine, the
lake house offers freedom and stability—a way to escape her
manipulative boyfriend and give her daughters the home she
never had. But the long Minnesota winter is just beginning.
The house is cold and dilapidated. The dark, silent lake is
isolated and eerie. Her only neighbor is a strange old man
who seems to know more about the summer of 1935 than he’s
telling.
Soon Justine’s troubled oldest daughter becomes obsessed
with Emily’s disappearance, her mother arrives to steal her
inheritance, and the man she left launches a dangerous plan
to get her back. In a house haunted by the sorrows of the
women who came before her, Justine must overcome their
tragic legacy if she hopes to save herself and her children.
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