The Forgotten Daughter: The triumphant story of two women divided by their past, but united by friendship-inspired by true events
Written by Joanna Goodman
Narrated by Esther Thibault
4/5
()
About this audiobook
For fans of Jojo Moyes, from the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls, comes another compulsively readable story of love and friendship, following the lives of two women reckoning with their pasts and the choices that will define their futures.
Divided by their past, united by love.
1992: French-Canadian factions renew Quebec’s fight to gain independence, and wild, beautiful Véronique Fortin, daughter of a radical separatist convicted of kidnapping and murdering a prominent politician in 1970, has embraced her father’s cause. So it is a surprise when she falls for James Phénix, a journalist of French-Canadian heritage who opposes Quebec separatism. Their love affair is as passionate as it is turbulent, as they negotiate a constant struggle between love and morals.
At the same time, James’s older sister, Elodie Phénix, one of the Duplessis Orphans, becomes involved with a coalition demanding justice and reparations for their suffering in the 1950s when Quebec’s orphanages were converted to mental hospitals, a heinous political act of Premier Maurice Duplessis which affected 5,000 children.
Véronique is the only person Elodie can rely on as she fights for retribution, reliving her trauma, while Elodie becomes a sisterly presence for Véronique, who continues to struggle with her family’s legacy.
The Forgotten Daughter is a moving portrait of true love, familial bonds, and persistence in the face of injustice. As each character is pushed to their moral brink, they will discover exactly which lines they’ll cross—and just how far they’ll go for what they believe in.
Joanna Goodman
Joanna Goodman is the author of the bestselling novels The Forgotten Daughter, The Home for Unwanted Girls,and The Finishing School. Originally from Montreal, she now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children.
More audiobooks from Joanna Goodman
The Finishing School: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inheritance: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Forgotten Daughter
Related audiobooks
The Two-Family House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little White Lies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Home Child Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girls with No Names Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Letters Across the Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dressmaker's Gift Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Orphan Thief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broken Angels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Truths I Never Told You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Secret Kept: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Orphan's Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warsaw Orphan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pieces We Keep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The German Midwife Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Forgotten Orphan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Wife Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sarah's Key: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bachelor Girl: A Novel by the Author of Orphan #8 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paris Never Leaves You: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When We Were Young & Brave: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Orphan Collector Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beekeeper's Promise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Outside Boy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Mother's Secret: Based on a True Holocaust Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The German House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girl from the Channel Islands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Light Over London Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Girls of Paris Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Contemporary Women's For You
Weyward: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listen for the Lie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Idea of You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Other Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Things We Cannot Say Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ugly Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Regretting You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5November 9: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reminders of Him: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Then She Was Gone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slammed: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After I Do: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confess Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe in Another Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firefly Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winter Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5GO AS A RIVER: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Five Years: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Forgotten Daughter
42 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book, excellent narration! I highly recommend reading this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great continuation!! Detailed historical overview of Quebec and the separatist movement