The Second Child by Caroline Bond
About the Book
Why do you love your child? Is it because they’re a straight A student, a talented football? Because they’re kind or funny? Or is it simply because they're yours?
Sarah and Phil love both their children. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their beloved Lauren has been born with a tiny genetic glitch that will shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably.
Over time the family adapt and thrive. Then one day a blood test result changes everything. Lauren is not Phil's child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction. But the truth they face is far more complex than infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it challenges the very idea of what makes - and what breaks - a family.
The Second Child is a breath-taking and heart-rending debut novel about the bond of family and the limits of love that will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes.
About the Author
Caroline Bond was born in Scarborough and studied English at Oxford University before working as a market researcher for 25 years. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University, and lives in Leeds with her husband and three children. The Second Child is her first novel.
