MotheRing

Love 1940’s/post-war historical fiction with interweaving storylines and powerful explorations of what it takes to be a mother?

Then you’ll love Mothering!

Having a child changes people’s lives, yet some still ignore the importance of adoption and step-motherhood. This story shows how the love of a child has a positive influence on all those involved.

Selina - unconfident, working-class and shy - is desperate for a baby with her much-loved husband, Mark. But when they learn of her fertility problems, she feels like her life has no meaning. After much thought, they decide to try and adopt. But will this work out? Will she ever be a mother?

Catherine – confident, middle-class and smart – has just returned to England after her time in the French resistance. She is desperate to live with her beloved gran again - the woman who raised her and the most important person in her life. Although marriage and children are far from Catherine's mind, she falls in love with a widower and marries quickly. But this means she also takes on the role of stepmother to her husband’s young daughter. Can she be a mother to any child?  And, then there's David, her brother-in-law, why is he so difficult?

When catastrophe strikes, the two women become intrinsically linked forever – whether they are aware or not. While that’s all well and good when both are ignorant of the other’s existence, fate has an uncanny way of ‘ringing’ the changes as it forces paths to cross.

•         Will Catherine be a good mother?
•         Will Selina ever be a ‘real’ mother?
•         What is David’s deep dark secret?
•         What will happen to these innocent children?

Find out in this gripping, thought-provoking, page-turner of a tale which captures the very heart of the nature/nurture debate about upbringing, family, and genetic make-up.  

Use the ‘Look Inside’ feature to sample the lives of these two incredible and fascinating women who both strive to do what is best for their families.