{"product_id":"love-child","title":"Love Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe UNMISSABLE novel from the million-copy \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003c\/b\u003eSecrets from the past, unravelling in the present… Uncovering secrets that span generations, Rachel delivers intriguing, involving and emotive narrative reading group fiction like few other writers can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ \u003cb\u003eTracy Rees, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House at Silvermoor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young mother's sacrifice. A child's desperate search for the truth . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London, 1917 \u003cp\u003e When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e As two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Simply stunning . . . I savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgiveness\u003cb\u003e’ DINAH JEFFERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A story that stirs the deepest emotions' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWOMAN \u0026amp; HOME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A poignant story, rich in period detail'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY MIRROR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘An emotive and thought-provoking read’ \u003cb\u003eROSANNA LEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Hore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. \u003cb\u003eHer women are brave\u003c\/b\u003e and good and you desperately want them to win’  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation'\u003cb\u003e BARBARA ERSKINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'I found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl's search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted family. It had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting'\u003cb\u003e LEAH FLEMING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A hugely compelling, poignant and moving read. Rachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale'\u003cb\u003e JANE JOHNSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317742543230,"sku":"NW9781471157004","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471157004.jpg?v=1778247746","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/love-child","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}