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A Good Enough Mother (Hardback)

Bev Thomas

A literary psychological suspense thriller for fans of Apple Tree Yard, this novel promises to be as big as Lullaby

Format
Hardback
ISBN
9780571348374
Date Published
04.04.2019
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Summary

The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves…

‘Excellent . . . A gripping debut.’ Sunday Times
‘Taut, absorbing and psychologically astute.’ Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train

Dr Ruth Hartland is the director of a highly respected trauma therapy unit. She is confident, capable and excellent at her job. But she is finding it hard to maintain.

Increasingly preoccupied by her son Tom’s disappearance, Ruth is shaken when a new patient arrives at the unit – a young man who looks shockingly like him.

As a therapist, she knows exactly what she should do. But as a mother she makes a very different choice – a decision that will have profound consequences.

What readers are saying:

‘The psychological pull of this novel was so intense, I flew through it in no time at all.’

‘A heart-stopping mother’s story of love and loss, and a riveting drama that lets us inside the secret world of therapist and patient.’

‘A beautifully crafted book with a compelling and emotionally consuming narrative.’

‘Brilliantly compassionate and satisfying read. Good to the last page.’

Critic Reviews

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
Critic Reviews

A Good Enough Mother packs an emotional punch and is a gripping, original read. It is a novel full of loss and longing and the complexities of human relationships.

Kate Hamer
Critic Reviews

A Good Enough Mother doesn't read like a debut. It is a thoughtful, character-driven novel about guilt and motherhood that perturbed me long after I'd put it down. Assured, intelligent and beautifully written, I found it resonant and relevant.

Sarah Vaughan
Critic Reviews

Bev Thomas is a clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience, which is excellent news for readers of this taut debut thriller, peopled as it is with characters unusually alive in their psychological complexities . . . it’s a gripping debut that makes you wish more clinical psychologists would become novelists.

Francesca Angelini, The Sunday Times
Critic Reviews

An intelligent novel on the dilemmas of the therapist-client relationship and good parenting.

The Observer
Critic Reviews

The most alarmingly successful element of the story is a glimpse of the chaos that might lie behind the studied neutrality on the face of a therapist.

Christena Appleyard, Daily Mail
BevThomas

Bev was a clinical psychologist in the NHS for many years. She currently works as an organisational consultant in mental health and other services. She lives in London with her family.

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