Books like Your blue-eyed boy by Helen Dunmore
Simone Bennett, a thirty‑eight‑year‑old district judge, juggles her demanding legal career with the financial instability of her husband Donald. She leaves their two young boys at home each morning, delving into courtroom affairs while trying to keep her own life in order. A sudden letter from New York, sent to a man she thought she had forgotten, threatens to unravel Simone’s controlled world and force her to confront the darkness of her private history.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Psychological Drama
Authors: Helen Dunmore
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