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When I First Held You | Anstey Harris

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Silence tore them apart. Can the truth bring them back together?"Marvellous" --Lesley Pearse"A hauntingly beautiful novel" --Imogen Clark"Gripping, heart rending and extremely satisfying" --Katie FfordeIn 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors' squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers' home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief.More than half a century later, Judith's Mending Shop restores broken treasures, just as Judith herself has been bound back together by her late, much-missed partner, Catherine. But her tranquillity is shattered when Jimmy--so different and yet somehow the same--reappears, yearning to unpick the painful past.Realising they each know only half of the other's story, Jimmy and Judith finally break the silence that tore apart what might have been their family. Amid heartbreak and hope, how much can now be mended?

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Yenya1954

When I First Held You | Anstey Harris

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This novel tells the story of a young Judith who is a member of the anti-nuclear activists in Glasgow in the 1920s. Judith & Jimmy fall in love. The squat where they live is raided & several go to prison, including Jimmy. Unwed and pregnant, Judith goes back to her strict parents & goes off the an unwed mothers home. Life happens & Judith has a 50 year relationship with Catherine. Judith runs a fix-it shop and in comes Jimmy. 4.25⭐️

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When I First Held You | Anstey Harris

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This slowly developed into a tender, heartbreaking story. Judith, a CND protester in the 1960s, is forced to give birth in an unmarried mothers‘ home, the outcome of which shapes the rest of her life. There are secrets, betrayals and misunderstandings. We first join Judith at age 76, and I loved the way the story unspooled from there. Whilst I‘ve read other books on the same subject, there was something quietly unique about this one.

squirrelbrain Every review you post makes me stack the book (unless I‘ve already read it! ) 2y

JillR @squirrelbrain given the great books and reviews you post, I‘m going to take that as the biggest compliment 😊. I think you might like this one 2y

squirrelbrain Shall we start a Mutual Appreciation Society?! 😁 2y

JillR @squirrelbrain haha, yes! 2y

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