Single mother Beth loves her seven-year-old son Dylan with all her heart. He's her world. But life with Dylan isn't easy-and his emotional issues push Beth to her very limit. When a misunderstanding leads Dylan to be taken into foster care, she is determined to do whatever she can to get him back.
Mother of two, Ally has always dreamed of fostering-it feels like her chance to give back when she has been so lucky in life. But when Dylan joins their family, Ally finds herself struggling to balance his needs with those of her own children and husband-something Beth can't help but witness when she visits.
Beth wants nothing more than to find a way to bring her beloved child home. But where is the right home for Dylan? Is it with the mother he was born to? Or is a new mother the greatest gift Beth could give her son?
A beautiful, powerful and ultimately hopeful story of the heart-breaking power of a mother's love, for fans of Diane Chamberlain, Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes.***
As the judge comes into the courtroom - a rather grand name for a space the size of a classroom, fitted out with Formica tables and plastic chairs - my palms dampen. PROLOGUE
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(@bookouture, 19 October 2020, 368 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 21 October)
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I need a hug and a lie down and some hot chocolate and marshmallows and something soft to cuddle after reading this incredible book. My poor heart will never be the same. A hole's been punched straight through it. This is an incredible book. It touched me in a way a book hasn't for a long time. I cried so much reading this. My eyes are still sore. I haven't read a book before about a mother having her child taken into care so this was new territory for me. My heart went out to Beth form page one. It seems to me Dylan is taken off her for the flimsiest of reasons and I never felt Susan's actions were justifiable. I also grew to love Ally struggling to take care of a child with special needs like Dylan and keep her splintering family together. I loved the fact the chapter bounce between both their POV's. This will stay with me for a long time.
