September 2013 - The hand that first held mine

The next book of our list of "want to read" - The hand that first held mine by Maggie O'Farrell

Lexie and Elina are young women living in London 50 years apart; Lexie is a journalist in 1950's Soho and Elina, a present day artist who along with her partner Ted is recovering from the traumatic birth of their first child. When Ted seeks to understand his own childhood, the dual stories begin to collide, solving a decades-old mystery and exposing the reader to the richness of lives passionately led. This is a novel of mesmerising characters and family secrets well seasoned with the peaks and troughs of love and parenthood.