The Life-Affirming And Moving Sunday Times Bestseller From Number-One Bestselling Author Dawn French Longlisted For The Women's Prize For Fiction And A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick 'I absolutely loved Because of You. Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible' Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other 'Gorgeous... wise and full of love' Marian Keyes Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... midnight. As the old millennium turns into the new, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with empty arms. Seventeen years later, the truth of that night starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all. A reckoning is coming. Lives will collide. And mother-love will be tested... Because Of You is Dawn French's stunning new novel, told with her signature humour, warmth and so much love. 'An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human' Jo Brand 'The final scenes are so perfectly executed they almost broke my heart. Because of You is a story to cherish' Sunday Times 'French manages to pick your heart up with the nib of her pen and slowly pull it apart, heart-wrenchingly, page by page... A true writing talent' My Weekly 'Dawn French is a wonderful writer' Daily Mail 'Moving... French's best yet' Good Housekeeping 'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian