Because Of You

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The eagerly awaited, life-affirming and moving sunday times bestseller from number-one bestselling author dawn french longlisted for the women’s prize for fiction ‘i absolutely loved because of you. fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible’ bernardine evaristo, booker prize-winning author of girl, woman, other ‘gorgeous . . . wise and full of love’ marian keyes __________ tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. the old millennium turns into the new. in the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. anna leaves with empty arms. seventeen years later, the gods who keep watch over broken-hearted mothers wreak mighty revenge, and the truth starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all. the power of mother-love will be tested to its limits. perhaps beyond . . . because of you is the remarkably poignant story perfect for every dawn french fan, told with her signature humour, warmth and so much love. ‘an extraordinary book – sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human’ jo brand ‘told with french’s unfailing wit and warmth, because of you is the tale of family bonds and the mother-daughter relationships that ultimately make us who we are’ independent ‘the final scenes are so perfectly executed they almost broke my heart. because of you is a story to cherish’ sunday express ‘french manages to pick your heart up with the nib of her pen and slowly pull it apart, heart-wrenchingly, page by page . . . a true writing talent’ my weekly ‘dawn french is a wonderful writer’ daily mail ‘moving . . . french’s best yet’ good housekeeping ‘dawn tackles the big ones – love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood – head on’ guardian ‘beautifully observed’ the times readers love because of you: ‘dawn had me laughing, crying . . . i loved every word’ 5***** reader review ‘breathtakingly beautiful with one hell of an ending’ 5***** reader review ‘heart-breaking but so beautiful’ 5***** reader review ‘fantastic story, fantastic characters – i want to read it all over again’ 5***** reader review ‘have your tissues ready when you read this one’ 5***** reader review