I very much enjoyed The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D by Nichole Bernier (also known as The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D) which is set in America early in the 21st century. Elizabeth has just died in a plane crash and she has bequeathed her journals to her friend Kate. Elizabeth's widower, Dave, is resentful that he has been prevented from reading the journals and is suspicious that she had been leaving her young family to go to another man. Kate takes the journals with her while her young family has their annual summer holiday on an island. The instruction bequeathed to her regarding the journals is - read them from the beginning. Kate discovers a friend she did not really know as she thought she had. She finds the journals riveting reading as she learns more about her. Elizabeth had also instructed that Kate must decide the fate of the journals. Dave tries to find out if Elizabeth was planning to leave him but Kate refuses to reveal the journals before she decides what to do with them. This is a beautiful story about Kate and her life as well as Elizabeth's life as the two are woven together. Can another person really know who we are? 4/5
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