A review by andrew61
The Unknown Bridesmaid by Margaret Forster

4.0

This is the story of Julia, a 48 year old child psychologist whose life is dominated by an incident in her early childhood. The book starts as she is asked to be bridesmaid at her cousin Iris's wedding later she receives a magazine photo in which she is described as the unknown bridesmaid. As an adult we see her going through various case studies with troubled adolescents and these are analogous to her own childhood and teenage years. An early event dominates her life and the story is ultimately quite sad but engaging, there was certainly a feeling of impending danger in the early parts. The only part that was unbelievable was the ease with which Julia resolves the adolescents problems but a really good book and I'm surprised I haven't tried her books before.