**_LONGLISTED FOR THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FIRST BOOK AWARD_** **** **The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves.** 'Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute, in _A Good Enough Mother_ Bev Thomas combines all the tension of a thriller with the emotional resonance of a powerful famil
A Good Enough Mother
โ Scribed by Thomas, Bev
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 0571348386
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โฆ Synopsis
Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute, in A Good Enough Mother Bev Thomas combines all the tension of a thriller with the emotional resonance of a powerful family drama. (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train)
The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves.
Dr Ruth Hartland rises to difficult tasks. She is the director of a highly respected trauma therapy unit. She is confident, capable and excellent at her job. Today she is preoccupied by her son Tom's disappearance.
So when a new patient arrives at the unit - a young man who looks shockingly like Tom - she is floored.
As a therapist, Ruth knows exactly what she should do in the best interests of her client, but as a mother she makes a very different choice - a decision that will have profound consequences.
A gripping and deeply intelligent psychological thriller for fans of Apple Tree Yard, A Good Enough Mother...
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