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Because of You : Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2021
Edité par Penguin Books UK - paru en 2021
THE EAGERLY AWAITED, LIFE-AFFIRMING AND MOVING SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAWN FRENCHbr>br>''I absolutely loved Because of You. Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible'' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Otherbr>br>''Gorgeous . . . wise and full of love'' MARIAN KEYESbr>__________br>br>Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight.br>br>The old millennium turns into the new.br>br>In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters.br>br>Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl.br>br>Anna leaves with empty arms.br>br>Seventeen years later, the gods who keep watch over broken-hearted mothers wreak mighty revenge, and the truth starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all.br>br>The power of mother-love will be tested to its limits.br>br>Perhaps beyond . . .br>br>Because Of You is Dawn French''s stunning new novel, told with her signature humour, warmth and so much love.br>br>''An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human'' JO BRANDbr>br>''The final scenes are so perfectly executed they almost broke my heart. Because of You is a story to cherish'' Sunday Timesbr>br>''French manages to pick your heart up with the nib of her pen and slowly pull it apart, heart-wrenchingly, page by page . . . A true writing talent'' My Weeklybr>br>''Dawn French is a wonderful writer'' Daily Mailbr>br>''Moving . . . French''s best yet'' Good Housekeepingbr>br>''Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on'' Guardian>