Second Child by Caroline Bond

Low stock: 3 left

234mm x 159mm x 24mm

Pages: 320

Why do you love your child? Is it because theyre a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because theyre yours?

Sarah and Phil love both their children, James and Lauren. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their perfect daughter has been born with a flaw; a tiny, but life-changing glitch that is destined to shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably.

Over time the family learn to adapt and even thrive. Then one day a blood test casts doubt on the very basis of their family. Lauren is not Phils child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction. But the truth they face is far more complex and challenging than simple infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it raises the question of what makes - and what breaks - a family.

A thoughtful, wrenching and, at times, tear-jerking novel. -- Elizabeth Buchan

I stayed up long into the night to finish The Second Child... a carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale. -- Amanda Brooke