Strange Sally Diamond – Book Review

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.

Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don’t always mean what they say.

But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally’s life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .

Sally Diamond doesn’t understand why everyone is making a big deal about what she has done. She has simply fulfilled her father’s wish of dumping his dead body into the dumpster. But soon, the news go around the world, about this incident and little did she know, Sally was adopted by the Diamonds when she was seven years old but she has no recollection of her childhood before she was seven years old. Little did she know, Sally is the infamous Mary Norton, whose mother Denise Norten was abducted when Denise was eleven years old by a man named Conor Greary. As Sally is trying to come to terms with her background, a man from across the world is trying to get in touch with Sally Diamond, threatening to destroy the new life Sally has maintained.

This was an interesting, emotional, disturbing and compelling story. Sally is a very interesting character, a character you kind of feel sympathize towards and a flawed person. Then we have another perspective character named Peter, who is also another flawed character with an unusual childhood upbringing. The book is unputdownable and fast paced. Quiet emotional to read as well. There are so many sensitive topics being discussed in this book–sexual abuse, child abuse, kidnapping a child, depression, rape…which to some readers could be disturbing to read. Nonetheless, the story was executed well, the writing style was great and above all, this was a great book in my opinion.

I highly recommend this book, and this book worth 4.5 stars.