Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite

One of the most challenging ethical dilemmas I’ve ever come across is two parents battling over custody of a child when both have near equal claims. Like The Light Between Oceans, The Confidant by Hélène Grémillon is the judgment of Solomon all over again. On the one hand, I think the person who gave birth to the child—barring abuse—has a right to parent that child. On the other hand, once the child has bonded with another person, is is right and fair to take the child away and give them to a stranger? The matter is even more complicated in The Confidant because Grémillon’s characters are wrestling with love and betrayal and war on top of their battle for protagonist Camille Werner’s loyalty...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for review consideration.