About the Book: The Hand That First Held Mine
As featured on BBC Radio 4s A Good Read Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award
and a Sunday Times bestseller, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE by Maggie OFarrell
is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood from the author of HAMNET
and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her
doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises 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. In the present day, Elina