The Hand That First Held Mine
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood, a tour de force from one of our best loved novelists.When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance 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 for herself, with Innes at her side. In the present day, Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Elina, a painter, struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with sense of herself as an artist, and Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood, memories that don't tally with his parents' version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers, so an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected.(P)2010 Headline Digital
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780755383993
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460, 9780755308460
- Publisher:
- Headline
- Date of Addition:
- 04/21/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Samantha Bond
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.