# Because of You

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- Book: [Because of You](https://www.bookquiver.com/dawn-french/because-of-you) ([Because of You.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dawn-french/because-of-you.md))
- Authors: [Dawn French](https://www.bookquiver.com/dawn-french)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-14-0592-733-8
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2021-04-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The moving and life-affirming bestseller, perfect for anyone who loves unforgettable stories 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 Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2021