The Dream Daughter: A Novel

Diane Chamberlain

Oct 2018 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this eBook

New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a thrilling, mind-bending novel about one mother's journey to save her child.

When Carly Sears, a young woman widowed by the Vietnam war, receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970, and she is told that nothing can be done to help her child. But her brother-in-law, a physicist with a mysterious past, tells her that perhaps there is a way to save her baby. What he suggests is something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Carly has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage she never knew existed. Something that will mean an unimaginable leap of faith on Carly's part.

And all for the love of her unborn child.

The Dream Daughter is a rich, genre-spanning, breathtaking novel about one mother's quest to save her child, unite her family, and believe in the unbelievable. Diane Chamberlain pushes the boundaries of faith and science to deliver a novel that you will never forget.

Praise for The Dream Daughter:

"Chamberlain writes with supernatural gifts...fate, destiny, chance and hope combine for a heady and breathless wonder of a read." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's Tale

"Can a story be both mind-bending and heartfelt? In Diane Chamberlain’s hands, it can. The Dream Daughter will hold readers in anxious suspense until the last satisfying page." —Therese Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z

Ratings and reviews

The Dream Daughter is an extraordinarily well-written time-travel novel. Once I started the book I didn’t want to put it down, not even for a moment. The author pulled me into her story right from the start. I loved the realistic characters, the intriguing plot, and the flowing dialogue. Hunter Poole is a physicist. He is from the future, 2018 to be exact, but he won’t be returning to the twenty-first century anytime soon, or ever. And, Hunter is okay with that. He loves the simpler life of the twentieth century. It’s 1970 and Hunter is a contented man. He has his lovely wife, Patti, by his side and their beautiful son John Paul. Hunter will always be grateful to Carly, his sister-in-law, for introducing him to Patti. But, it was time for him, to return the favor, and he was nervous. Hunter never told Patti or Carly that he was from the future, but he was going to have to confess now. He owed it to Carly. Her unborn daughter wouldn’t live long after birth if she didn’t have a heart procedure soon. The problem was, however, that fetal surgery was unheard of in1970. Hunter was going to have to send Carly into the future. And, unfortunately, she was going to have to do it alone. Carly would do anything to save her baby. She would never have thought that traveling through time was going to be the easy part of her journey. Unfortunately, she was going to need every bit of courage and strength she could muster up, to weather the challenges ahead. The Dream Daughter is a fabulous novel. Highly recommended. I loved every page. Five well-deserved stars from this reader. Thank you, St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley, for my advanced review copy.

There are so many things I really enjoyed about this book. Hunter meeting Carly and becoming part of her life. The time travel aspect and how and why it's introduced. Patti's reaction when she finds out what happened. The desperation and determination of a mother. Well, I can't possibly ignore Myra, focused on the science of it all. This author does well with filling in the times and the differences. how she stood out no matter how quiet. The problems and challenges. The sacrifice. This author makes sure we feel it all especially the loneliness yet the hopefulness Carly experienced. It's a great story which is well written and a standalone, from an author that is new to me and one I will enjoy again. The imagery and points of references was brilliantly done and kept the story interesting and engaging.

I absolutely loved this book and it was so much more than I expected! Diane kept throwing twists at all the right moments especially with the whole time travel aspect! I was instantly hooked into the book especially with this mysterious Hunter. My heart broke for Carly when she returned to the future. I seriously didn't want to put this book down. I would actually read this book again.

About the author

DIANE CHAMBERLAIN is the international bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including The Dream Daughter, Necessary Lies, and The Silent Sister. She lives in North Carolina with her partner, photographer John Pagliuca, and her sheltie.