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Book Synopsis***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
Trade ReviewWonderful ... 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 *
