American Gods

I just finished the other daughter by Caroline Bishop

Jess' life is falling apart, so when the opportunity to go to Switzerland and teach English to 2 small kids for the summer seems like the perfect escape. It doesn't hurt that her mother was in Switzerland when she was pregnant with Jess almost 40 years ago and Jess has questions. Her mother, Sylvia was there writing about women's rights but something happened while she was there and Jess is going to find out the truth....


This book was told from two points of view. Jess in the current day and her mother Sylvia when she was pregnant. Both points of views were exceptional and I really enjoyed watching Jess figure out what happened when her mother was pregnant. It was quite the emotional rollercoaster for me too. I imagine what it must have been like for everyone involved and how they must have felt and the author did an amazing job bringing that to life. I did shed a few tears so be prepared for that!

I actually enjoyed the parallel timelines and felt the book was really balanced and well constructed. The writing was phenomenal and I cannot wait to read more from this author.

The landscape of Switzerland was written with such richness, I felt like I was really there!! It also covered a lot of interesting topics including women's rights and what happened to the kids in Switzerland when the authorities took kids from their families and put them with “better families” and they were all used as basically slaves. I had no idea!

This book was brilliantly done and I highly recommend this historical fiction to any fan of the genre

5 stars. Thank you to @Simonschulesterca and to the author @carolinebishopauthor for my copy!!

Cannot tell you how amazing this book was!