{"product_id":"9781472125439-fear-of-falling","title":"Fear of Falling","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moment's madness, a lifetime of regret. A harrowing and heart-breaking story of the splinters that can tear mothers and daughters, husbands and wives - and friends - apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gripping' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if your child ends up hurting those you love?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLydia and Bel have been best friends for years, from wild teenage days all the way through to motherhood. Bel becomes pregnant by accident and has a fraught relationship with daughter Freya, while Lydia and love-of-her-life Mac, after failed fertility treatment, choose to adopt. Gorgeous toddler Chloe challenges them more than either of them had ever expected and as a teenager her behaviour escalates increasingly out of control, pushing their marriage, and Lydia and Bel's relationship, to breaking point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA harrowing and heart-breaking story of the splinters that can tear mothers and daughters, husbands and wives - and friends - apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cath Staincliffe:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This powerful, often harrowing story will move you to tears' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harrowing and humane. A real knockout' \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that' \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful, complex and utterly gripping' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intelligent and emotionally engaging moral workout' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cath Staincliffe gets into the heads of ordinary people and makes them extraordinary' \u003cb\u003eAnn Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Complex and satisfying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451489268086,"sku":"9781472125439","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39950397_4b79e1f9-2853-4abe-a92d-274dec5c825d.jpg?v=1770845224","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472125439-fear-of-falling","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}