All My Mothers

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One of those rarest of books: so beautiful I almost couldnt bear it, and so moving I was reading through tears STACEY HALLS

Uniquely witty, beautifully observed, intricately woven MIRANDA HART

A truly glorious life-affirming book, in which love, hope and friendship trump sorrow DINAH JEFFERIES
Had me absolutely sobbing a beautiful, beautiful book JO BROWNING WROE, bestselling author of A TERRIBLE KINDNESS

Worth every tear WOMAN & HOME

Exquisitely tender, powerfully compelling SARAH HAYWOOD

One of my new all-time favourite books an absolute joy JULIETTA HENDERSON

Thoughtful, warm and engaging CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD

Honest, heartfelt and hopeful MARIANNE CRONIN

A joy to read ANNE YOUNGSON

A love song to women everywhere ERICKA WALLER

MEET EVA MARTNEZ-GREEN, AN ONLY CHILD FULL OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HER BEGINNINGS.

Between her emotionally absent mother and her physically absent father, there is nobody to answer them. Eva is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why are there no baby pictures of her Why do her parents avoid all questions about her early years

When her parents relationship crumbles, Eva begins a journey to find these answers for herself. Her desire to discover where she belongs leads Eva on a journey spanning decades and continents and, along the way, she meets women who challenge her idea of what a mother should be, and who will change her life forever

A glorious journey into loving & longing ANSTEY HARRIS

Heartrending and heartwarming CELIA ANDERSON

Exquisite JESSICA RYN

A deep delight of a book that vibrates with love and longing HELEN PARIS
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Praise for Joanna Glens debut novel, The Other Half of Augusta Hope:

A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion GUARDIAN

Entertains and moves in equal measure DAILY MAIL

Keep the tissues close GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

An irresistible message of redemption and belonging RED magazine

Heartening and hopeful JESS KIDD

Mesmerizingly beautiful SARAH HAYWOOD

An extraordinary masterpiece ANSTEY HARRIS

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One of the most transporting novels I have read recently Patricia Nicol, Daily Mails Best Books for Winter Breaks

Honest, heartfelt and hopeful, All My Mothers captures the joy and pain of love in all its forms, and reminds us that mothers can be found in the most unlikely of places and people. It broke my heart three times, but I adored it! MARIANNE CRONIN, author of One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Mothers are artists a beautiful sentiment from a beautiful book that challenges the notion of what a mother should look like. Eva is lost. She's sure her mother doesn't belong to her and, with her father absent, no one seems to have any answers so she goes looking for them, on an epic journey that takes us to Cordoba in Spain. In a coming-of-age story, we feel the desire Eva has just to belong. Though it's not always an easy read, it is worth every tear Woman & Home

Praise for The Other Half of Augusta Hope:

A joythe humour and pathos in their stories lends real heart and soul OBSERVER

A moving tale sure to make you cry Parfait [is] a convincingly serious, sweet, clever and funny person who ends up carrying the story an epic hero Its going to be all over every book club in Britain before you can say Burundi The Times

A mesmerisingly beautiful portrait of a young woman discovering what home means to her, and a poignant depiction of how our actions can touch other people's lives in ways we could never have anticipated. Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus

Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read an extraordinary masterpieceAnstey Harris, author ofThe Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

The most gutsy, endearing and entertaining meditation on the meaning of human existence that you're ever likely to read Deborah Orr

Author Bio

Joanna Glen read Spanish at the University of London, with a stint at the Faculty of Arts at Cordoba University in the south of Spain. She went on to teach Spanish and English to all ages, and, latterly, was a School Principal in London. She has edited a variety of non-fiction books, is a visiting lecturer, a communications coach and an adviser and trainer for schools. Joanna's short fiction has appeared in the Bath Flash Fiction Anthology. She lives with her husband and children on the River Thames in Battersea, returning to Andalusia whenever it gets too grey.