Thanks to Heather A. Connor of Berkley, NAL, Perigee & Riverhead Trade Paperbacks, I am giving away one print copy of Between a Mother and Her Child.
Book Description:
The poignant and touching BETWEEN A MOTHER AND HER CHILD is a story of heartbreaking loss, but ultimately, a story that shows that love truly can bring us back to life.
Twenty years after their impulsive marriage, Maggie and Bill Barrett are happily settled into the quiet comfort of their dream home with their three beautiful children. Then, on December 26, 2004, after a joyous Christmas at home in London, their world is shattered when their eldest son Jake, on a gap-year sojourn across Asia, is killed in the horrific tsunami that left more than 100,000 people dead.
Maggie shuts down, incapable of connecting with her children or husband, or even sleeping most nights, with no idea how to begin picking up the pieces of their lives. Feeling isolated, Bill leaves to try to discover peace on his own and Maggie is resentful of his ability to move on. While separated, Maggie still feels that at some point they will reconnect if she can ever get over the loss of her first-born son. When Bill announces that he’s fallen for another woman, Maggie finally realizes that it’s time to move on, and she tries to put her family back together.
When Maggie’s sister Olivia visits from Australia, she sees the pain that Maggie is still experiencing and is desperate to help her beloved sister heal. On a whim, Olivia is inspired when she reads an ad in the paper from a “mature, healthy, solvent lady” to be a housekeeper and companion to a family. Maggie reluctantly agrees to meet the woman, Kate, after Olivia raves about her, and she becomes a fixture in the house almost immediately. Kate has secrets and sorrows of her own, but her gentle caring has an immediate effect on the children – and on Maggie herself.
With the addition of Kate, the whole family finally begins to move on, and as time passes and relationships change and reconfigure amongst the Barretts, the future finally looks brighter.
About Elizabeth Noble:
Elizabeth Noble was born in High Wycombe, Bucks, and now lives in London with her husband and two daughters. She studied English at Oxford University and after graduating embarked on a career in publishing before taking up writing full time. She is the author of seven novels.
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