Between a Mother and Her Child [ePub]

Between a Mother and her Child



Maggie Barrett can’t sleep, so she cleans. Her house is spotless since her husband, Bill, moved out and moved on with someone new. Her teenage daughter, Aly, and young son, Stan, seem better able to cope with the death of the Barretts’ oldest child, Jake—or are they? Meanwhile, Kate Miller’s life has been all shades of gray since the death of her husband. Maggie’s sister, visiting from Australia, answers Kate’s unusual ad for a sort-of-housekeeping position. Kate becomes a rent-a-granny for Stan, then a trusted friend to Maggie and Aly, who is dealing with more than just A-levels. But it’s not quite Mary Poppins, for Kate has a secret grief of her own. Though Noble piles on plot twists (good grief, the women in this book are fertile), none of it feels contrived—just the normal things, both crappy and wonderful, that happen in life when things change. Realistic but not maudlin (Stan’s ebullient energy helps), this is a moving portrait of family love and the many unexpected shapes it takes. A best-seller in the UK and a sure bet for women’s-fiction readers here. --Susan Maguire

ASIN: B00C1N96UE