Mother’s Day

A heart-warming new novel by the author of *Edwin and Matilda* , runner-up for the Montana Award in 2008. Life is tough for 40-year-old solo mother Maggie, a home help caregiver. Her three children are all giving her a hard time, especially Bevan, who’s in trouble with the police. But when she’s assigned a musician in a wheelchair to care for, something new enters her life. Maggie’s a singer, Tim a fine guitarist. They’ll make music together, but tragedy is just around the corner. Then it’s Mother’s Day, and Maggie and her family gather . . . This touching new novel from Laurence Fearnley contains many gems of warmth, affection, love and hope. It confirms her position as one of New Zealand’s finest writers. **’It is Fearnley’s prose that woos you, precise in its observations and judicious in its use of dialogue. It’s the kind of writing you don’t really notice, which makes it rare, and such a pleasure.’ Margot White, **Next