The hand that first held mine/ Maggie O'Farrell

Motherhood. Family. Memories. Lexie Sinclair is happy to leave her family and memories behind as she heads into the 1950s and bohemian London to create an exciting life for herself. When fate intervenes with the love of her life, Lexie recreates her life... and motherhood, though not planned, is fully embraced in her usually creative, independent and unconventional way.
In the same location, fifty years on, Elina is struggling to recover from traumatic childbirth to navigate first time parenthood. As her partner Ted becomes increasingly alarmed by memories he cannot place, but feels are connected in some way to his family and the birth of his son, Elina and Ted wonder how life can, in seemingly an instant, be so changed. As Ted searches for answers, we find the connection and ... Motherhood. Family. Memories ... you can never leave them behind. They make us who we are.
Helen