Here is selection of a book review from ForewardReviews 2017:
Ellen Marie Wiseman gathers potent Gothic elements in The Life She was Given to examine the impact of
child abuse across generations. A sumptuous plot balances horror and tenderness to reveal lesser-known facets of history.
In the 1930s, Lilly, a daughter held captive in Blackwood Manor’s attic, is sold to the circus. In the 1950s, Julia, a runaway teen, inherits the family manor and horse farm, where she uncovers lies about her past. Coralline Blackwood is an exacting matriarch who wields the Bible as a weapon.
As each character grows, their histories overlap; the secret that binds them lies at the heart of the book’s tragedy. The Life She was Given is a vibrant maze of desires. The sharp divide between expectations and painful truths, mothers and daughters, past and present, culminate in a sensational finale."
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