Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12672 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-19
• Released on: 2006-06-19
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

In Style magazine
'You'll be hooked from start to finish.'

Daily Express
"A compelling novel of dark passion and family secrets"

Time Out
"...an ideal summer read... As tense as it is perceptive, The Abortionist's Daughter is a first-rate novel..."

Customer Reviews

The Abortionist's Daughter- not for everyone.
At first I thought I wasn't going to enjoy THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER. It seemed to be more about family relationships than murder. However it didn't take long to discover that the family dynamics help inform the murder investigation.

THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER is written on a number of levels. First and foremost is the murder of Diana and the investigation. We learn the family's back-story and what happened to bring them to this point in time. It is also an exploration of an extremely emotive issue from both sides of the argument into which is cleverly woven a theme of the nature of obsession and what it can do to people.

THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. There are many who may find parts of the book offensive and many more who will be upset by it.

Hyde has written three other novels; each examining different aspects of family relationships. Her website is http://www.elisabethhyde.com/

Quite interesting quick read
Being aware of some of the hype around this book, I did expect a good read. I found it fairly quick and easy to read, and it is quite short at under 300 pages. Because it is short and easy to read though, I felt that the issues - abortion, and families, were not dealt with in as much depth as they could have been, and which might have deepened and furthered the story, and meant it was more of an intriguing and complex thriller. But perhaps the author was not aiming for that much complexity. It was quite interesting to briefly observe the life of an abortionist and the challenges they face.

The portrayal of the central family in the novel, their difficulties and losses, and coming to terms with the realities of their relationships with each other as they now stand, is dealt with well but again, I felt there could have been more depth to it all, and I wasn't drawn in to care for any of them that much.
Am glad to have read it, but don't feel it is terribly memorable and it wasn't the most pleasing written style I have come across.

The Abortionist's Daughter
This book sat unread on my shelf for a long time. When I eventually got round to reading it, I found it was actually a pretty good book. It isn't that great as a whodunnit, but the writing and characterisation made up for a slightly weak ending. Could really have done without the Huck/Megan thing though.