Hold My Girl: The 2023 book everyone is talking about, perfect for fans of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty...

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Charlene Carr Kate Handford

Hold My Girl

The 2023 book everyone is talking about, perfect for fans of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty and...

Charlene Carr, Kate Handford

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Mountain Leopard Press
02 February 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Adult & contemporary romance; Reproductive medicine

Hold My Girl picked as 'The best Canadian fiction of 2023' by CBC Books

'Thoughtful, tense and affecting' Ashley Audrain

'[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal' Daily Mail 'Fiction books to watch in 2023'

This tense and emotional novel follows the fallout after two women's eggs are switched during IVF.

TWO WOMEN. ONE BABY. A FIGHT LIKE NO OTHER.

Katherine has everything under control.

After years of struggling to conceive with her partner, Patrick, she finally gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child. But she's afraid that Rose may not be her daughter, her pale skin not matching Katherine's own.

Tess never got her happy ending.

Just like Katherine, she was also a hopeful IVF mother, but her daughter, Hanna, was stillborn. Now divorced, broke and stuck in a dead-end job, she's beginning to lose all hope.

But when Rose is ten months old, both women get a call from the fertility clinic. There was a mistake: their eggs were switched.

It will take a custody battle like no other to decide who will get to be Rose's mother - a battle that will push them both to the brink...

This is a story about what it means to be a mother, and the lengths we go to for the people we love.

'[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal'

Daily Mail 'Fiction books to watch in 2023'

'Thoughtful, tense and affecting'

Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push

'An absorbing and engaging novel that twists the heart'

Rachel Hore, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Beautiful Spy

'Breathtakingly taut, unflinching and poignant'

Marissa Stapley, New York Times bestselling author of LUCKY

'Compelling and thought-provoking ... A page-turner'

Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

'A tender exploration of secrets, loss, and motherhood'

Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black

'A future classic'

Leah Hazard, Sunday Times bestselling author of Hard Pushed: A Midwife's Story

'Will break your heart'

Julie Ma, author of Richard and Judy selected debut Happy Families

'A gripping, thorny premise that explores motherhood and its primal tug. It's twisty and forensic but also wise and moving'

Beth Morrey, author of Em & Me and the Sunday Times bestseller Saving Missy.

By: Charlene Carr
Read by: Kate Handford
Imprint: Mountain Leopard Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781802793321
ISBN 10: 1802793321
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 02 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charlene Carr spent much of her childhood creating elaborate, multi-faceted storylines for her dolls and reading under the blankets with a flashlight when she was supposed to be asleep. A bit of a nomad, she's lived in four countries and seven Canadian provinces. After working an array of mostly writing related jobs, she decided the time had come to focus exclusively on her true love - novel writing. She lives in Nova Scotia with her husband and daughters. We Rip the World Apart is her eleventh novel.

Reviews for Hold My Girl: The 2023 book everyone is talking about, perfect for fans of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty and Jodi Picoult

'A compelling narrative that portrays both sides of a headline-making controversy about biology, motherhood and race. Thoughtful, tense and affecting, with compassion at its centre' -- Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push 'Charlene Carr unflichingly puts the reader into the broken hearts and spiraling minds of two mothers who are thrust into an unimaginable situation ... An intensely propulsive page turner. I was spellbound' -- Heather Marshall, #1 bestselling author of Looking For Jane 'Each fresh twist had me shifting my sympathies until the very end. Hold My Girl is a beautiful, unflinching examination of what it means to be a mother' -- Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures 'An absolute triumph of a novel ... I was riveted from the first page and couldn't stop reading. It's an absolute must-read' -- USA Today bestselling author Julianne Maclean