Mother

Written by Hannah Begbie

Narrated by Josie Dunn

‘Brilliant! Cuts to the heart yet powerfully uplifting’ Jane Corry

Her love for her daughter is everything

Her love for him is deadly

Cath had twenty-five perfect days with her newborn daughter before Mia's deadly illness was diagnosed.

As her life implodes, Cath’s despair drives her to a parental support group where she meets a father in a similar situation, the dangerously attractive Richard – charming, handsome and adamant that a cure for their children lies just over the horizon: everything Cath wants to believe.

Their affair – and the chance to escape reality – is unavoidable, but carries catastrophic consequences: the nature of Mia’s illness means that Cath’s betrayal endangers not just her marriage but the life of her baby.

Can she stop herself before it’s too late?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jul 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9780008283254

Hannah Begbie

Hannah Begbie studied Art History at Cambridge University. She went on to become a talent agent, representing BAFTA and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning writers and comedians for fifteen years. Her debut novel, Mother, won the RNA Joan Hessayon Award for new writing and has been optioned by the BAFTA-winning Clerkenwell Films for adaptation into a television drama. She lives in north London with her husband and their two sons.

Reviews for Mother

[mlpedler · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good but I was expecting something different. It wasn't a great book and the main character had too many flaws to relate to her.