Did you find Floss's flashbacks to her past insightful?

Do you think Floss's flashbacks to her past gave you more insight into the three women's present situations?

Yes. I began to suspect she was not Grace's birth mother long before the big reveal, however. A relationship with Grace's father was unthinkable.

Yes I liked the flashbacks. She did what she did to save the baby and obviously had to leave England. I believe when a child is adopted he or she should be told the truth at a fairly young age but understand that basically Floss could be charged with kidnapping this child so had to be very careful about telling her the truth when she was younger. Wow what a secret to keep for such a long time.

I like flash backs so one gets the back story to current issues

Flashbacks are a great tool for providing context and backstory. Hepworth did a good job of using the flashbacks to both ends.

Yes, I liked the flash backs. It helped explain the story.

Yes - they were required to give the backstory for the entire plot. I like this method because it slowly teases out background information.

I'm normally not a fan of flashbacks, but I thought in this case they were especially well done, adding to the plot without becoming too much of a distraction.

They were interesting but highly unlikely.

They both were pertinent to the situation at hand and the helped to show that there was no need for biology to bond with someone - which later tied in Neva's boyfriend to the situation.

I too liked the way the flashbacks were introduced in the story, but if was not surprised.

I agree that the flashbacks helped give us the backstory and insight into Floss and her relationship to her daughter. Not getting the whole backstory at once helped build suspense in the story as well. It was interesting to find out how Floss and Grace became a family, too bad Grace didn't know about her past earlier in her life.

I think that Floss' flashbacks definitely enhanced the story and I did find these to be fascinating. I think this was THE most interesting part of the story. Floss was the woman who started as a midwife to begin with and this led to her daughter's and grandaughter's interest in midwifery.

The flashbacks were interesting--must have been very difficult to keep her secret for so long.

I love flashbacks which takes you to the middle of the action at that time, they are an integral part of this story as this way we can understand Floss decision to leave England with this tiny baby, it also explains her difficulty in answering Neva’s questions about coming to a strange country with a baby and not knowing anybody.

Hepworth did an outstanding job with the flashbacks. She provided us with just enough information each time. I found myself looking forward to Floss's flashbacks while reading the book. The story wouldn't have been nearly as engrossing without the flashbacks.

I did like the flashbacks. I think I liked the character of Floss the best and those flashbacks helped give a lot of insight into the person she was.

Floss was my favorite character, and the flashbacks were used effectively to present her backstory and give insight into her character.

The flashbacks's provided good insight to the story giving the reader many answers to questions about their relationship. I found them useful and timely.

I did find them helpful plus they added extra interest in the story. Sometimes flashbacks can make the storyline confusing, but this was not the case at all. I think it enhanced the book.