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This Could Be Us
This Could Be Us | Claire McGowan
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Kate has done the unthinkable. She'd worked hard to build a perfect life for herself, while ignoring her growing unhappiness. But when her second child was born profoundly disabled, reality hit. Unable to cope, Kate left - disappearing without a trace. She ends up in LA, with a glittering career and a new family of sorts, but the guilt is still suffocating.
Husband Andrew was left to pick up the pieces and care for their disabled daughter and angry, confused son. Bereft and broken, he leaned on Olivia, Kate's best friend. She's been by his side ever since, ignoring her own needs to meet his.
Years later, Andrew has written a memoir about his daughter learning to communicate against all odds. But when Kate's new producer husband decides he wants to make a film of it, their worlds collide once again. Now, Kate must return to the life she abandoned and reckon with what she did. The guilt and the love. The pain and the hope. In other words, family.
Following a fractured family over a period of twenty years, This Could Be Us is an extraordinarily moving story from bestselling author Claire McGowan.
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A fascinating account of one woman who does the ‘unthinkable‘ and abandons her family, including her disabled daughter. We see how her choice affects not only her, but her husband, her son, her best friend. 20 years later her (ex) husband has written a book detailing how he taught their daughter to sign; what will happen when the film rights are optioned?

A completely engrossing book, even if there were a few too many ‘convoluted‘ relationships.

squirrelbrain #netgalley #arc Published 1st June in the UK. 11mo
TrishB Sounds good 👍🏻 11mo
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