THE DONOR QUICK READS BY CLARE MACKINTOSH
PAPERBACK PUBLISHED BY LITTLE BROWN 2OTH FEBRUARY 2020 PRICE £1
She gave you everything.
But what does she want in return?
When Lizzie’s daughter eg is given a life-saving heart transplant, Lizzie feels hugely grateful to the nameless donor. Then she receives a letter from the donors mother, Karen, asking to meet, and it seems like the least she can do.
But as soon as Karen is welcomed into their lives, Lizzie feels something isn’t right. And before long, she can’t help but worry that by inviting Karen in, she might have put Meg in danger.
CHAPTER 1
PAGE 1
The Newspaper Article
The reporter is young, with too much gel in his hair, and a habit of saying wow, yeah, right, after everything Meg says. She doesn’t seem to notice, and has been happily chatting to him for half an hour.
I had cancer when I was a toddler, she tells him. I got better, but the treatment left me with a heart problem. She shrugs, as if it was nothing,instead of an illness that has taken over our lives for the last twelve years. She is on the sofa in our living room, the reporter opposite her, on the armchair Steve sits on to watch the footy. I’m next to Meg, trying not to answer questions for her.
Wow, yeah, right, says the reporter, scribbling in his notebook. He’s wearing a suit that looks as if he borrowed it from his dad, and I wonder if he’s on work experience. I look at my amazing daughter and like I do every single day count my blessings. We have almost lost her so many times.
ABOUT AUTHOR CLARE MACKINTOSH
Her new thriller, HOSTAGE, comes out in June 2021.
Clare is the patron of the Silver Star Society, an Oxford-based charity which supports the work carried out in the John Radcliffe Hospital’s Silver Star unit, providing special care for mothers with medical complications during pregnancy. Clare lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children.
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