That Girl From Nowhere

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What to expect

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family.

‘Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?’ he asks.
‘Nowhere,’ I reply. ‘I’m from nowhere.’
‘Everyone’s from somewhere,’ he says.
Not me,’ I reply silently.

Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents.

As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...

Critics Review

Immediately gripping and relentlessly intense, this story grabs you by the innards right from the off
Heat
Cracker of a novel... completely involving from the get-go
Daily Mail
Packs an emotional punch
Sunday Mirror
Her best yet... powerful and beautifully written - and highly recommended!
Fabulous, Sun on Sunday
Complex and thrilling
Sun
Another brilliant read
Bella
This heart-rending novel will have you gripped from the start
Pride
Beautifully written and utterly intriguing, this kept me reading late into the night
Katie Fforde
Gripping and authentic, sweeping and emotional, Dorothy Koomson's writing takes the reader on a compelling journey into the world she has created
Rosanna Ley
A satisfying and moving story about love, relationships and the consequences of discovering the truth about the past
Cathy Woodman

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