The Hand That First Held Mine
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When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realizes she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life for herself with Innes at her side, embracing her life fully and with a deep love at the center of it. In the present day, a young painter named Elina struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with her sense of herself as an artist. Her boyfriend, Ted, is disturbed by memories of his own childhood that don’t tally with his parents’ version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers, an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected, hurtling toward its revelation.
Publication date
January 26, 2011
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368
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English
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Mariner Books
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