Surrogate

Susan, Spindler

£14.99

Ruth Furnival is a successful television executive with a seemingly perfect life: a nice house in London, a lawyer husband and two grown-up daughters. But at 54, with an empty nest and the menopause behind her, she feels restless and dissatisfied. After multiple rounds of failed IVF, her eldest daughter Lauren has been told that the only chance for her and her husband to have their own child is surrogacy. So when Ruth discovers that, with the right dose of hormones, she could carry their baby, out of desperation they agree. At first Ruth is buoyed up by her sense of purpose, but as the pregnancy progresses, long-buried events from her past resurface – and Lauren can’t contain her corrosive envy.

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Publish Date: 01/04/2021

Description

‘An absolute belter of a page-turner’ HEAT

‘A fantastic book club choice’ PRIMA

Would you have a baby for your daughter?

Ruth has the life she always wanted – stellar career, loving family, beautiful home – but now, with an empty nest, and heading towards 55, she feels restless. Then her daughter is told that she will never be able to conceive, and Ruth discovers that, with the right dose of hormones, she could carry a child for her daughter.

At first Ruth is buoyed with a new sense of purpose, but her daughter can’t contain her corrosive envy, and then long-buried secrets from the past resurface. What begins a simple gift becomes something darker and more complicated – and something for which Ruth is willing to risk everything…

‘Gripping’ COSMOPLITAN

‘Full of drama . . . as much about womanhood as it is about motherhood’ GUARDIAN

‘Compulsive’ KATE HAMER

‘Clever and compelling. I loved it’ JANE SHEMILT

Additional information

Weight 620 g
Dimensions 242 × 160 × 34 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K