The Hand that First Held Mineby Maggie O'Farrell
Houghton Mifflin, 2010, 341 pgs, Fiction
A lyrical novel about the lives of two women living a generation apart in London. Lexie is a beautiful, strong liberated girl living in 1950s London; Elina is a married artist and has just given birth to her first child in modern day London. As the two stories progress O’Farrell alternates between the two characters lives and the affect that motherhood has on both of them. Some readers may find this device off putting at first, but stick with it, you’ll be glad you did. The reader slowly begins to suspect that there is some connection between the two women’s lives, and in the end you are rewarded with a satisfying conclusion.
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