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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

The Names

★★★★

Reviewed March 29, 2025 · General & Literary Fiction

Today is the day Cora must fill out the paperwork at the birth registrars office. She goes into town with little Maia by her side and baby boy in his pram. Silently grieving, she cannot imagine naming this beautiful child Gordon after his father and father’s father. The name denotes a history of arrogant, ruthless men who control her life. As a physician…

Happy reading,
Karen