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A Good Enough Mother

By: Bev Thomas
Narrated by: Rebecca Lacey
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Ruth Hartland is the director of a trauma unit, a psychotherapist with years of experience, wise and respected by her peers. But professional skill is no guard against private grief.

The mother of grown twins, she is haunted by the fact that her beautiful, difficult, fragile son Tom, a boy who never 'fit in', disappeared a year and a half earlier. She cannot give up hope of finding him but feels she is living a kind of half life, waiting for him to return.

Enter a new patient, Dan, who looks exactly like her missing son. She is determined to help him, but her own complicated feelings cloud her professional judgment. Boundaries she would never have crossed with another patient are crossed. And before long, events spiral out of control....

©2019 Bev Thomas (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd Genre Fiction Psychological Fiction Scary Thought-Provoking Suspense
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Loved this book, insight into a mother/therapist life becoming entwined and the effects. Great read

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This book was recommended to me and I can see why.I found the story and narration compelling. I couldn't wait to get in the car and listen to the next chapter.
It remained compelling to the end.

brilliant Gripping read

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As a seasoned mental health professional I often find subjects like this wearisome and inauthentic. Bev Thomas tells a gripping tale, both tense and moving, with deft portrayal of the ambiguities, nuances and human factors faced in these professions where the personal can forcefully collide with the professional. Am already enthusiastically recommendeding it to everyone!

A compelling listen

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I perpetually had a nervous tense feeling in my stomache that propelled me forward to both want it to stop and not in equal measures.

Melancholy ,Clever and Creepy

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Enjoyed the book but did feel a little long winded at times. A good story well told.

A bit long winded

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