The Day We Left
Published on 2. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-83895-409-3 (ISBN)
Description
***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***
Oli and Joe are identical twins. But they will never be the same.
Lizzie Truman gives birth to her sons at thirty-one weeks. From the start, the differences between the twins are clear. Oli is bigger, stronger, healthier. Joe is small and much less robust, his future inexorably altered by the trauma of his premature delivery.
As soon as the boys are well enough, Lizzie checks out of the maternity hospital and leaves her old life behind.
By the time Oli and Joe are grown, Beth has a new name, a thriving business, and she has successfully raised her sons alone.
But when the truth about their past emerges, the twins are forced to reassess everything they thought they knew about their mother, their upbringing and themselves.
'Wonderful ... such a great read ... made me emotional' Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 Book Club
Oli and Joe are identical twins. But they will never be the same.
Lizzie Truman gives birth to her sons at thirty-one weeks. From the start, the differences between the twins are clear. Oli is bigger, stronger, healthier. Joe is small and much less robust, his future inexorably altered by the trauma of his premature delivery.
As soon as the boys are well enough, Lizzie checks out of the maternity hospital and leaves her old life behind.
By the time Oli and Joe are grown, Beth has a new name, a thriving business, and she has successfully raised her sons alone.
But when the truth about their past emerges, the twins are forced to reassess everything they thought they knew about their mother, their upbringing and themselves.
'Wonderful ... such a great read ... made me emotional' Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 Book Club
Reviews / Votes
Wonderful ... such a great read! You will fire through it. I couldn't put it down ... it made me emotional ... a delight -- Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 Book Club In The Day We Left, Caroline Bond uses a truly original storyline to explore universal themes of fierce familial bonds, motherhood and what shapes us into the people we become. Together with a cast of brave, bold and nuanced characters, this is a novel that satisfies and delights in equal measure. Brilliantly paced and beautifully told. -- Katy Regan Sharply observed and empathetic, many women will see themselves in this excellent novel * Elizabeth Buchan on Thea and Denise * There is a raw realism to all of Caroline Bond's novels ... Redemptive and satisfying * Carol Mason on The Legacy * The characters jump off the page! * Sam Blake on Thea and Denise * Caroline Bond has a gift for weaving heart-rending tales of impossible decisions. * Amanda Brooke on The Forgotten Sister *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Atlantic Books
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
305 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83895-409-3 (9781838954093)
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11/2023
Corvus
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Person
Caroline Bond was born in Scarborough and studied English Literature at Oxford University. She has worked as a cleaner, a receptionist, a kitchen designer, a market researcher, a company director and a victim support volunteer. She has an MA in Creative Writing. Caroline lives in Leeds with her husband and one of her three children... the other two having grown up and escaped.
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