{"product_id":"everything-happens-for-a-reason-9781913193614","title":"Everything Happens for a Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Rachel's baby is stillborn, she becomes obsessed with the idea that saving a stranger's life months earlier is to blame. An unforgettable, heart-wrenching, warm and funny debut...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Emotionally engaging, witty, clever and wonderfully satisfying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A stunning debut ... a wise, moving, and thought-provoking novel' \u003cb\u003eSusan Elliot Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flight of Cornelia Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A heartbreaking, deeply moving and wonderfully witty tale, which celebrates all it means to be human' \u003cb\u003eIsabelle Broom, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Getaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -------------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mum-to-be Rachel did everything right, but it all went wrong. Her son, Luke, was stillborn and she finds herself on maternity leave without a baby, trying to make sense of her loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a misguided well-wisher tells her that \"everything happens for a reason\", she becomes obsessed with finding that reason, driven by grief and convinced that she is somehow to blame. She remembers that on the day she discovered her pregnancy, she'd stopped a man from jumping in front of a train, and she's now certain that saving his life cost her the life of her son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate to find him, she enlists an unlikely ally in Lola, an Underground worker, and Lola's seven-year-old daughter, Josephine, and eventually tracks him down, with completely unexpected results... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Both a heart-wrenchingly poignant portrait of grief and a gloriously uplifting and disarmingly funny story of a young woman's determination, \u003ci\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e is a bittersweet, life- affirming read and, quite simply, unforgettable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -------------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A beautiful novel, bursting with raw emotional honesty and authenticity' \u003cb\u003eGill Paul, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'So affecting. Profoundly sad. Funny. I just loved it' \u003cb\u003eLouise Beech, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is How We Are Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Darkly funny, yet poignant and moving ... Rachel's quest to find out if everything happens for a reason is both heartbreaking and heartwarming' \u003cb\u003eAnna Bell, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Case You Missed It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Some books teach you, others touch your soul, then there are books like this one that bury deep and create a home in your heart' \u003cb\u003eEmma-Claire Wilson, \u003ci\u003eGlass House Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A triumph ... a book of hope and ambition and making sense of the world, a tale of acting spontaneously, living in the moment and throwing caution to the wind' \u003cb\u003eIsabella May, author of \u003ci\u003eOh! What a Pavlova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'An incredibly important and beautifully written book. 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