Lexie Sinclair is plotting an extraordinary life for
herself.
Hedged in by her parents' genteel country life, she plans her
escape to London. There, she takes up with Innes Kent, a magazine
editor who wears duck-egg blue ties and introduces her to the
thrilling, underground world of bohemian, post-war Soho. She learns
to be a reporter, to know art and artists, to embrace her life
fully and with a deep love at the center of it. She creates many
lives--all of them unconventional. And when she finds herself
pregnant, she doesn't hesitate to have the baby on her own
terms.
Later, in present-day London, a young painter named Elina
dizzily navigates the first weeks of motherhood. She doesn't
recognize herself: she finds herself walking outside with no shoes;
she goes to the restaurant for lunch at nine in the morning; she
can't recall the small matter of giving birth. But for her
boyfriend, Ted, fatherhood is calling up lost memories, with images
he cannot place.
As Ted's memories become more disconcerting and more frequent,
it seems that something might connect these two stories-- these two
women-- something that becomes all the more heartbreaking and
beautiful as they all hurtle toward its revelation.
"The Hand That First Held Mine "is a spellbinding novel of two
women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals,
secrets, and motherhood. Like her acclaimed "The Vanishing Act of
Esme Lennox," it is a "breathtaking, heart-breaking creation."*And
it is a gorgeous inquiry into the ways we make and unmake our
lives, who we know ourselves to be, and how even our most
accidental legacies connect us.
*The Washington Post Book World
General
Imprint: |
Tinder Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2016 |
First published: |
February 2011 |
Authors: |
Maggie O'Farrell
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
374 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7553-0846-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-7553-0846-8 |
Barcode: |
9780755308460 |
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