I really didn’t know anything about this book when I chose it for an audible book in my car. But it was a lovely well-written and well- read story of family and living a complicated life. Here is my book review The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young.

Magic or Madness

Adrienne Young creates a mysterious plot a bit reminiscent of The Time Travelers Wife, or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. June Farrow believes she is going mad when she begins to see things that no one else can see. Is she crazy, like all the towns people believe is true of all the women in her family?

The Farrow Women

Secrets held close in the family about the unusual women in the Farrow family, spill out after June’s grandmother passes away. June is given a locket and a photograph that only create more confusion. When she confesses to her family member Birdie that she has been seeing “things” including a red door, Birdie tells her when she sees the door again, she must go through it.

1951

When June builds up the courage and passes through the red door, she is no longer in 2023. Instead she finds herself in a very mixed up world of 1951. Everyone knows who she is…how do they know her, and what sinister thing has happened that creates so much fear and angst among the people she meets on the other side of the door?

Book Review The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

Young’s storyline is complicated and reminds me a bit of Alice Hoffman’s writing – one of my favorite authors. The reader will need to concentrate to keep track of the plot as it jumps forward and backward, but a few fun plot twists are waiting. I really enjoyed this surprising book and will definitely look to read more of Adrienne Young’s books in the near future.

Thanks for reading my book review The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. See last week’s book review Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange