Something I'm Not
by Lucy Beresford
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Pub Date Mar 01 2017 | Archive Date Aug 31 2017
Description
Amber’s happy with her life and husband, until a friend’s decision to adopt, and a mile-high encounter with a stranger, send her into free-fall, forcing her to question the choices she’s made about life, love and family.
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Advance Praise
Sunday Telegraph: “Something I’m Not constitutes a complex odyssey that is ambitious in scope, carefully structured and highly accessible…”
Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2: “Deft and penetrating…”
Daily Mail: “Amber is a strong and sympathetic heroine, and her friends are well-rounded individuals and recognisable contemporary types. Beresford’s deft plotting and warm and witty writing make this an assured debut.”
Woman & Home: “Sharply written, posing questions women are afraid to ask.” Literary Review: “Something I’m Not is shrewdly characterised and written with verve.”
New Statesman: “Beresford’s prose is, by turns, solemn and satirical…”
Indra Sinha, Booker short-listed author of Animal’s People: A skilfully woven story.”
Handbag.com: “This tale of one woman’s missing maternal urges provides a welcome antidote to the glut of babbling baby books.” I
mage magazine (Book of the month): Beresford has raised the bar… and addresses one of the most universal subjects with a heartbreaking tenderness and clarity.”
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| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780715637098 |
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