博客來一位母親在多年後，尋找自己被送養的孩子
探索關於生為女人的意義，以及愛的意義
58歲的Dawn總覺得自己的人生似乎少了點什麼。她跟在倫敦執業的醫生離了婚，兩個兒子都已經成年，忙著過自己的人生，Dawn應該要著眼於規劃新未來，但她卻不斷地回想起過去，那個她守口如瓶了這麼多年的秘密。16歲那年，Dawn發現自己懷孕了，被父母發現後，她被送去偷偷生下孩子，並且直接將孩子送養。
40多年過去，她決定回去正視這個錯誤，盼望著與女兒重逢。回到千里達島，在哥哥的幫助下找出關於女兒的任何線索。這段旅程並不容易，從家鄉來到委內瑞拉，又再度來到倫敦。在這趟旅程上，她不僅質疑當年那個扭轉人生的決定，也開始重新思考關於自己人生路上的每一個交叉路口。(文／博客來外文館)
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‘Exquisitely written. A compelling and tender story of what—and who—is hidden in almost every family that feels as old as the hills and yet acutely contemporary.’ MONIQUE ROFFEY
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In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award–winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.
Trinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption.
Dawn tries to carry on with her life – a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce – but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been.
Then, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch. She says that she might be Dawn’s long-lost daughter, stirring up a complicated mix of feelings: could this be the person to give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?
