The Girl Without A Name by Suzanne Goldring

Two time lines for this family story 1940 amidst the war and its aftermath and then 2004. Billie is one of three children all grown up, their mother has just passed away and their father is trying very hard to keep it together and move on. When he has a stroke, Billie takes over his care and finds a crumpled photograph. When shown this Dickie becomes distraught trying to tell her something which is incomprehensible to Billie. Trying to go back sixty years is hard. Most of the people who associated with Dickie are either senile or dead. Billie is adamant that she must put the pieces together for the sake of her father and later for the sake of the dead girl Ruby. This becomes a very circuitous exercise but Billie will not give up. The adage that somethings should be left undisturbed is very valid here but in this context it leads to a very interesting tale. For Ruby it was heart breaking to see that her idol had feet of clay, for Dickie it was decades of guilt which became too much to bear. The whole gamut of emotions are played out here. Sent by Bookouture for a unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.