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Incendiary

A ‘pitch-perfect’ (Telegraph) novel about motherhood and loss from bestselling author of The Other Hand

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Incendiary

By: Chris Cleave
Narrated by: Tracy-Ann Oberman
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Summary
You aren't stupid.
You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother.
Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you.

I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it.
Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the proof that love survives.

I am not a perfect mother but I will tell you the perfect truth, because this is you and me talking.
This is my story.


(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton©2005 Chris Cleave
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