Because of You

The Life-Affirming And Moving Sunday Times Bestseller From Number-One Bestselling Author Dawn French

Longlisted For The Women's Prize For Fiction And A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick

'I absolutely loved Because of You. Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible' Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

'Gorgeous... wise and full of love' Marian Keyes

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... midnight.

As the old millennium turns into the new, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters.

Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl.
Anna leaves with empty arms.

Seventeen years later, the truth of that night starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all.

A reckoning is coming. Lives will collide.

And mother-love will be tested...

Because Of You is Dawn French's stunning new novel, told with her signature humour, warmth and so much love.

'An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human' Jo Brand

'The final scenes are so perfectly executed they almost broke my heart. Because of You is a story to cherish' Sunday Times

'French manages to pick your heart up with the nib of her pen and slowly pull it apart, heart-wrenchingly, page by page... A true writing talent' My Weekly

'Dawn French is a wonderful writer' Daily Mail

'Moving... French's best yet' Good Housekeeping

'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian