"With empathy and keen insight, Sally Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel about the complex, lovely, and even heartbreaking relationships between mothers and daughters.Emily GifinThree generations of women Secrets in the present and from the pastA captivating tale of life, loss, and loveNeva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancyincluding the identity of the babys father hidden from her family and co-workers for as long as possible. Her mother, Grace, finds it ...
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"With empathy and keen insight, Sally Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel about the complex, lovely, and even heartbreaking relationships between mothers and daughters.Emily GifinThree generations of women Secrets in the present and from the pastA captivating tale of life, loss, and loveNeva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancyincluding the identity of the babys father hidden from her family and co-workers for as long as possible. Her mother, Grace, finds it impossible to let this secret rest. The more Grace prods, the tighter Neva holds to her story, and the more the lifelong differences between private, quiet Neva and open, gregarious Grace strain their relationship. For Floss, Nevas grandmother and a retired midwife, Nevas situation thrusts her back sixty years in time to a secret that eerily mirrors her granddaughtersone which, if revealed, will have life-changing consequences for them all. As Nevas pregnancy progresses and speculation makes it harder and harder to conceal the truth, Floss wonders if hiding her own truth is ultimately more harmful than telling it. Will these women reveal their secrets and deal with the inevitable consequences? Or are some secrets best kept hidden?
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