I recently enjoyed the company of Sara Foster who happens to be another Perth author. She's a smart woman, very busy, and knows how to weave a mystery. She joined me as part of the ’11 ways to read a book’ blog tour to celebrate the publication of All That is Lost Between Us.
Enjoy
our twenty minute chat on her inspirations, how she manages to juggle the
demands
of the
busiest life you can possibly imagine, and what film, book, and recipe she
would take with her if aliens spirited her away, but allowed her a few
favourite things.
I'll
be posting our chat on Apple iTunes as a podcast on my Films & Book Stuff
Podcast, but until it wangles its way through Apple's systems for
approval, you can listen to it by CLICKING HERE. And for those who haven't yet heard about All
That Is Lost Between Us, (where have you been, seriously?) you can read my
review below. Then go straight out and buy the book.
ALL THAT IS LOST BETWEEN US
In
recent years, the rise and rise of the cleverly named domestic noir has taken
us inside the households of what appear, on the surface, to be normal homes
populated by very normal people. Superstars of the publishing world have emerged writing these tales:
Australian author Liane Moriarty with The Husband’s Secret, Gillian Flynn’s with
Gone Girl, and most recently Paula
Dawkins’ and her mega-selling debut Girl On The Train.
In
recent years, the rise and rise of the cleverly named domestic noir has taken
us inside the households of what appear, on the surface, to be normal homes
populated by very normal people. Superstars of the publishing world have emerged writing these tales:
Australian author Liane Moriarty with The Husband’s Secret, Gillian Flynn’s with
Gone Girl, and most recently Paula
Dawkins’ and her mega-selling debut Girl On The Train.
Sara
Foster joins these ranks with her latest release All That Is Lost Between Us.
This story takes us to the beautiful and, as it turns out, dangerous Lake
District in England, where we meet teenager Georgia and her family. The
opening chapter of the book dramatically finds Georgia and her friend injured
in a hit and run accident. Later we begin to wonder was this a random event or
was the car purposely driven toward the group of friends.
Told in
multiple perspectives, slowly and carefully Foster reels us into the lives of
these characters who all carry heavy secrets. A wife who worries about the
solidity of her marriage, a husband whose loyalty is tested, a daughter who
has made some life-changing bad decisions with a secret that might ruin everything, and a brother who bears the burden of newly found knowledge about his sister which he doesn't know what to do with or, if in fact, he should do anything.
This
is a book that takes its time revealing its character’s lives and the decisions
they have made that bring them to this moment. Domestic Noir style stories
fascinate us because we see part of ourselves and the consequences of certain
life choices within the story. All That Is Lost Between Us is a worthy entry into
this landscape of page-turning novels where secrets are the currency and
unforeseen reveals are the reward.
My review copy of this book was kindly supplied by Simon & Schuster Australia in exchange for an unbiased review.
For more information on this book or its author, please visit Sara Foster's website:
