Twin The BRAND NEW heart-wrenching, 'perceptive and poignant' family drama from Amanda Brookfield for 2025
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Amanda Brookfield is the bestselling author of many novels including Good Girls, Relative Love, The Split, and a memoir, For the Love of a Dog starring her Golden Doodle Mabel. She lives in London and has recently finished a year as Visiting Creative Fellow at University College Oxford.A splintered childhood.
A family divided.
An ugly past resurfacesâŚ
From birth, twins Cath and Rob are inseparable. When their mother dies, their bond deepens as their father hastily remarries a woman with a volatile temper whose sole focus is her own baby â Oliver â who arrives nine months later.
When, aged 48, Rob tragically dies, Cathâs world begins to crumble. Her grief compounded further by Oliverâs out-of-the-blue decision to attend Robâs funeral, opening old wounds after three decades of estrangement.
Thrown together, the half-siblings are forced to confront a past that sends shockwaves through both their lives due to the huge discrepancies in their respective recollections. But could both their versions of the truth be correct�
Fans of Cathy Kelly and Joanna Trollope will adore Amanda Brookfieldâs rich and riveting dissection of relationships, family life and the big consequences that arise from everyday actionsâŚ
**Praise for Amanda Brookfield's THE TWIN
'A poignant, engrossing novel and a gripping emotional rollercoaster.'- Helen McGinn
'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The Mirror
'An engaging, emotionally-charged and intriguing story' Michelle Gorman
'Unputdownable. Perceptive. Poignant. I loved it.' Patricia Scanlan
'If Joanna Trollope is the queen of the Aga Saga, then Amanda Brookfield must be a strong contender for princess.' Oxford Times
A splintered childhood.
A family divided.
An ugly past resurfacesâŚ
From birth, twins Cath and Rob are inseparable. When their mother dies, their bond deepens as their father hastily remarries a woman with a volatile temper whose sole focus is her own baby â Oliver â who arrives nine months later.
When, aged 48, Rob tragically dies, Cathâs world begins to crumble. Her grief compounded further by Oliverâs out-of-the-blue decision to attend Robâs funeral, opening old wounds after three decades of estrangement.
Thrown together, the half-siblings are forced to confront a past that sends shockwaves through both their lives due to the huge discrepancies in their respective recollections. But could both their versions of the truth be correct�
Fans of Cathy Kelly and Joanna Trollope will adore Amanda Brookfieldâs rich and riveting dissection of relationships, family life and the big consequences that arise from everyday actionsâŚ