My Mother's Gift: A totally heartbreaking and powerful page-turner full of family secrets

What if going home was the only way to find out where you belonged? When Erica gets a phone call to say her mother, Ione, is ill in St Lucia, she knows she must go to her, even though their relationship has always been difficult. The island the place of her mothers birth is somewhere that Erica has never called home. Even when the plane touches down in the tropical paradise, with its palm trees swaying in the island breeze, the sound of accents so like her mothers own calling loud in the air, Erica doesnt find herself wanting to stay a moment longer than she has to. But stepping into her mothers house, she is shocked by what she finds. Her mothers memory is fading and she is having strange, erratic episodes. Erica knows the right thing to do is to stay with her, even if it means leaving everything in England behind. Could you uproot your whole life for the person who raised you? Can a place youve never felt at home ever feel like where you belong? And as you experience loss is it ever possible to also find love and peace? A captivating tale of grief, love, sacrifice, and what it means to find home, perfect for fans of Andrea Levy, Jojo Moyes and Amanda Prowse.