num_pages: 368
description: A new poignant and breathtaking novel from the author of The Things We Keep and The Secrets of Midwives.With every book Sally Hepworth becomes more and more known for her searing emotional portraits of familiesand the things that test their bonds. In The Mothers Promise she delivers her most powerful novel yet: the story of a single mother who is dying the troubled teenaged daughter who is battling her own demons and the two women who come into their lives at the most critical moment. Alice and her daughter Zoe have been a family of two all their lives. Zoe has always struggled with crippling social anxiety and her mother has been her constant and fierce protector. With no family to speak of and the identity of Zoes father shrouded in mystery their team of two worksuntil it doesnt. Until Alice gets sick and is given a grim prognosis. Desperate to find stability for Zoe Alice reaches out to two women who are practically strangers but who are her only hope: Kate her oncology nurse and Sonja a social worker. As the four of them come together a chain of events is set into motion and all four of them must confront their sharpest fears and secretssecrets about abandonment abuse estrangement and the deepest longing for family. Imbued with heart and humor in even the darkest moments The Mothers Promise is an unforgettable novel about the power of love and forgiveness.
language: English
title: The Mother's Promise
publisher: St. Martin's Press