The Hand That First Held Mine

O'Farrell, Maggie

ISBN 10: 0547330790 / ISBN 13: 9780547330792

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

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352 pages. 9.10x6.30x1.10 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hand That First Held Mine
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547330790
• ISBN 13: 9780547330792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

From the best-selling author of The Vanishing of Esme Lennox comes a spellbinding novel that shows there are no accidents, in life and in love.

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Frustrated with her parents' genteel country life, Lexie Sinclair plans her escape to London. There, she takes up with Innes Kent, a magazine editor who introduces her to the thrilling, underground world of bohemian, postwar Soho. She learns to be a reporter, comes to know art and artists, and embraces her freedom fully. So when she finds herself pregnant, she doesn't hesitate to have the baby on her own. Later, in present-day London, a young painter named Elina dizzily navigates the first weeks of motherhood and finds she can't remember giving birth, while her boyfriend Ted is flooded with memories and images he cannot place. As their stories unfoldâ moving in time and changing voice chapter by chapterâ a connection between the three of them takes shape that drives the novel towards a tremendous revelation. Praised by The Washington Post as a â breathtaking, heart-breaking creation,â The Hand That First Held Mine is a gorgeous and tenderly wrought story about the ways in which love and beauty bind us together.

About the Author

MAGGIE O'FARRELL is the author of four previous novels, including the acclaimed The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (a Barnes & Noble Recommends Pick) and After You'd Gone. Born in Northern Ireland in 1972, Maggie grew up in Wales and Scotland. She has two children.