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“Darling Girls” by Sally Hepworth

About Blog Post May 15, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
“Darling Girls” by Sally Hepworth Review by Amy Atzert, collection development librarian Miss Fairchild looks and sounds like the perfect loving foster mother. She can even offer a beautiful farm estate known as Wild Meadows for foster children to call home. When Jessica was the only foster child in the house she felt so lucky. Miss Fairchild treated her like her own daughter. It was only when Miss Fairshild welcomed Norah and then Alicia her true colors began to show. What was once compassion and care turned into something very different. Luckily for the three girls they had each other. Although they all eventually escaped the farm physically their bad memories never left them.  When a body is found underneath their foster home years later, the three sisters are contacted by investigators. Does a body under the house surprise them? No, not really. Together they make the trip and try to help the police. When the questions and attitude of the officers begin to change the sisters wonder if they are actually the suspects instead of the victims of Miss Fairchild’s special form of psychological torment. The sisters’ experiences keep the reader engaged. Each tells parts of their story both in the present and remembering their time on the farm. Themes of loyalty, endurance, and subterfuge are spread throughout the pages. I like the style of Hepworth’s writing. It flows smoothly yet the action is exciting.
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