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The Hand That First Held Mine

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Published: 3rd February 2011
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The latest unforgettable novel from bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell.

 A gorgeously written story of love and motherhood, this is a tour de force from one of our best loved novelists.

When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life. In the present day, Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Elina struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with sense of herself as an artist, and Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood that don't tally with his parents' version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers, an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected.

About the Author

Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. She now lives in London. Her debut novel, AFTER YOU'D GONE, was published to international acclaim, and won a Betty Trask Award.

Previous Books: The Hand that First Held Mine, After You'd Gone, My Lover's Lover, The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox, The Distance Between Us.

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13/3/2013
 
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Captivating

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  • Easy To Read
  • Engaging characters
  • Well Written

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      An absolutely stunning book - your engagement with and interest in the characters grows with every page, leaving you feeling so many emotions on their behalf. Wonderfully well written.

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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      'O'Farrell has a remarkable ability to convey the texture of human emotion with precision' [ Observer ]'Like Daphne du Maurier...O'Farrell writes books designed to...bring our most primal fears to the surface' [ Daily Mail ]'O'Farrell is a skilful, impassioned writer...engaging and fluent' [ Sunday Telegraph ]'Genuinely unputdownable...evidence of her place as one of Britain's most engaging contemporary novelists' [ Literary Review ]

      ISBN: 9780755308460
      ISBN-10: 0755308468
      Audience: General
      Format: Paperback
      Language: English
      Number Of Pages: 384
      Published: 3rd February 2011
      Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.0  x 2.5
      Weight (kg): 0.24