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A taut, powerful novel about a nanny who abducts the young child she looks after
How does it feel to come home from work one evening and find your two-year-old son gone? How does it feel to steal another woman's child? To take a boy from his mother, and try to make him yours, make things right? This compelling, tense psychological drama is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy. Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan, and Rachel Cusk.
How does it feel to come home from work one evening and find your two-year-old son gone? How does it feel to steal another woman's child? To take a boy from his mother, and try to make him yours, make things right? This compelling, tense psychological drama is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy. Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan, and Rachel Cusk.
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Bethan Roberts is the author of The Pools; The Good Plain Cook, which was serialized on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime and chosen as one of Time Out's books of the year, and My Policeman.
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"There's little more engrossing than a top-notch psychological thriller. Bethan Roberts's latest novel doesn't disappoint—it's satisfyingly creepy and stimulates that delicious paradox: goose-pimples in summer." —Independent
"It's particularly good on the multiple tiny stories of hurt and resentments that can make up a family history." —Metro
"It's particularly good on the multiple tiny stories of hurt and resentments that can make up a family history." —Metro
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- PublisherRandom House UK
- Publication date2015
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- ISBN 13 9780099555261
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy.Winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015.This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy.Nula, struggling with her new baby and feeling alone in her marriage, employs her cousin Maggie as a nanny when she returns to work. But it's not long before Nula finds herself theatened by Maggie's close bond with her son, Samuel.Nula's outwardly perfect house crackles with unspoken jealousies and rivalry until Maggie's intense love for Samuel tips into obsession and she decides her only option is to abduct the child. As Maggie makes her desperate bid for safety, the women's shared past of trauma and loss comes to the fore once more.WINNER OF THE JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE 2015. This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy.Nula, struggling with her new baby and feeling alone in her marriage, employs her cousin Maggie as a nanny when she returns to work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099555261
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