A Mother's Promise

by Jeanne Whitmee

Genres: Historical Fiction

565 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 13, 2026

Reviews

[Sarah Louise]

Wow!!! Incredible. This was a long book and that definitely wasn’t a bad thing for this story. You really felt all the characters’ emotions and what they were going through. This author is an extremely talented storyteller and wordsmith. I was just mind blown by the whole story because it was told so well and the characters were developed and executed so exceptionally well. I can’t wait to read more by this author. Bravo!!

[Hannah]

I DNF this story. The blurb sounded interesting so I grabbed it. I was very confused when I started reading it. In the blurb it mentions the daughter, and the book starts with her great grandfather. It starts with Jacob, who takes in Sam, who marries Jacob's daughter, who has Marcus - Marcus, the guy mentioned in the blurb. Why did we have to start 2 - 3 generations back? This is why I avoid books over 500 pages. This is far too drawn out. The only saving grace was that the writing is ok. This is a pass for me though.

[Pat]

A Mother’s Promise

This book about WWII and beyond had so many different stories wrapped into one excellent story.

Maryan loved Marcus at a very young age and got pregnant but when Marcus got killed in the war, she married her good friend. She had Marcus’ baby, Amy.

The story tells of how they got separated and brought back together again. Great read.

[tonilea]

A Mother's Promise

This was a very long book and one I really enjoyed reading. Normally I am not happy to finish a book that I have thoroughly enjoyed, but with this book I feel content in seeing the end arrive. Everything that needed to be resolved was concluded. It will be difficult to find another book that is as true as this has been.

[Sarah Tummey]

I enjoyed this story. It was well-researched and written. A lot of the characters' endings were satisfying, but I felt sorry for Alex and would have chosen a different one for him. He was always honest about how he felt and I think the author villaified him too much.

[Kathy E]

A brilliant read that you just cannot put down.
This my first read by Jeanne Whitmee and certainly not the last. A well deserved 5 star read.

[Barbara]

Excellent Book

I just finished the book and it was excellent. I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this wonderful book.

[Fiona]

Good story, bit of a formulaic one though. Held my interest as I love stories set in this time period.

[Sandra Tiernan]

good story

Slow at the beginning but once it got going I couldn’t put it down. Lovely easy and thoughtful holiday read

[Gail Bishop]

I could not put this book down. Brilliant and with so many twists and turns. I love family sagas and this definitely didn’t disappoint.

[Lorri]

I like books that are over 500+ pages. My rating is due to the fact that I felt there was repetition throughout the storyline.

[sandra parker]

Really great

So engrossing and really heart warming loved it
Wish there was more so could see how it worked out for them all

[Alice Muselwhite]

Great

I enjoyed this book very much. I didn't want it to end! I would love to read more of Jeanne whitmee