Daughterhood - Alison Irvine
Alison Irvine
- Pages · 304 pages
- Publication Date · 30/09/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Now, aged 46, with the menopause pestering her like a clanking door in a gale, she wasn't sure how to proceed. Nina Polmont has turned into her own worst auditor. The on-off ex is out, her sister is back from New Zealand and her step-daughter has come home. At the same time her parents' marriage is falling apart, her niece has estranged herself and the music teacher who broke her heart thirty years ago suddenly wants to see her. Add hormones. Add night sweats. Add desire. And add the sinking feeling that she has made a catastrophic mess of her life. Is it ever too late to start again? As past desires clash with new obligations and a midlife surge of rebellion and regret takes over, Nina tries to work out who has betrayed her more - her sister or her heart.
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