The Second Child by Caroline Bond will be featured on the Radio 2 Book Club on Monday 9 April.
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The Second Child
Why do you love your child? Is it because they’re funny, kind or creative? Or is it simply because they’re yours?
Sarah and Phil love both their children. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their beloved Lauren has been born with a tiny genetic glitch that will shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably.
Over time the family adapt and even thrive. Then one day a blood test result changes everything. Lauren is not Phil’s child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction.
But the truth they face is far more complex than infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it challenges the very idea of what makes – and what breaks – a family.
Caroline Bond was born in Scarborough and studied English at Oxford University before working as a market researcher for 25 years. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University and lives in Leeds with her husband and three children. The Second Child is her first novel.
