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British Isles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
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- Paperback Mar 22, 2011 | 9780755308460 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 22, 2011 | 9780755308460 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 4, 2012 | 9780755399307 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 6, 2011 | 9780755383993 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 29, 2010 | 9780755373277 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Headline Review
- Paperback Mar 22, 2011 | 9780755308460 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 4, 2012 | 9780755399307 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 6, 2011 | 9780755383993 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 29, 2010 | 9780755373277 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 22, 2011 | 9780755308460 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 4, 2012 | 9780755399307 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 6, 2011 | 9780755383993 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 29, 2010 | 9780755373277 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
An unforgettable novel of love and motherhood from bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell
*As featured on BBC Radio 4's 'A Good Read'*
Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award and a Sunday Times bestseller (2010), THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRAIGE PORTRAIT.
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 her 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.
Praise for The Hand That First Held Mine
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O'Farrell has a remarkable ability to convey the texture of human emotion with precision - Observer
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Like Daphne du Maurier...O'Farrell writes books designed to...bring our most primal fears to the surface - Daily Mail
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O'Farrell is a skilful, impassioned writer...engaging and fluent - Sunday Telegraph
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Genuinely unputdownable...evidence of her place as one of Britain's most engaging contemporary novelists - Literary Review
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Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh.
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