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    Audiobook11 hours

    Keep You Safe

    Written by Melissa Hill

    Narrated by Aoife McMahon and Caroline Lennon

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    ‘If you like Jodi Picoult try Melissa Hill’ Woman & Home

    ‘I was completely gripped’ Sarah Morgan

    ‘Brimming with powerful issues’ Evening Post

    ‘This emotive story will touch your heart' My Weekly

    Good mother or bad … who decides?

    Widowed nurse Kate and mum of two Madeleine couldn’t be more different in their approaches to parenting.

    Kate knows her husband’s death has made her more protective of her daughter, but she’s not going to apologise for it.

    Madeleine feels there’s no such thing as a perfect mother and while her parenting style may be controversial it works for her children and that’s all that matters.

    But when Madeleine makes a fateful decision that upends her own family, and has devastating consequences for Kate, suddenly the world is lining up to vilify her and she must defend every parental choice she’s ever made…

    Why is she accused of being a terrible mother when all she did was try to keep her children safe?

    Praise for Keep You Safe:

    ‘Another great read from the best-selling Irish author.’
    – HELLO MAGAZINE

    ‘Guaranteed to kick-start book club debates’
    – GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

    ‘A rigorous yet entertaining examination of one of the most controversial issues in modern parenting.’
    – IRISH TIMES

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateSep 21, 2017
    ISBN9780008217167
    Author

    Melissa Hill

    Melissa Hill lives in Ireland with her husband and daughter. A USA TODAY and #1 Irish Times bestselling author, her books have been translated into twenty-five different languages. One of her titles has been optioned for a movie by a major Hollywood studio, and another is currently in development for television.   Visit her website at www.melissahill.ie or contact her on Twitter, @melissahillbks, or melissahillbooks on Facebook and Instagram.

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    • 5/5
      Food for thought. What an outstanding book. Quite controversial topic but told with sensitivity. Fantastic narration as well.
    • 1/5
      "measles" really? In USSR and probably modern Russia this disease never vaccinated and not considered dangerous at all. I had it as a child, all my school mates probably had it.
    • 5/5
      What a brilliant gut wrenching read this was! Is someone who chooses not to have their child vaccinated liable when someone else who is infected by their child gets sick or worse?This debate about whether or not to have your child vaccinated will probably always go on. Some expects say there are no risks while many link it to autism or other risks. When my adult children were of the age for their vaccinations, it wasn’t even debated. All the controversy came after that; while when I was a child, we all had all those diseases and I never heard of anyone with side effects. Not to say, they didn’t happen of course but it was rare. The thinking of Madeline and Tom in not having their children vaccinated was a personal decision they made for their children based on what they knew. When their daughter Clara becomes sick with measles and three days later another child in the classroom, Rosie becomes ill with much more serious aspects, it sparks a debate/feud especially when it becomes apparent that Madeline knew her child was sick when she sent her to school. Where does responsibility begin and end? The illness and events thereafter affected both families immensely and had ramifications that no one expected. This is such a fascinating but heartbreaking story. I could feel for all parents involved; their lives were forever altered. Sometimes I agreed with the events but it was sometimes difficult to point out right and wrong in their actions when you knew their reasons. That little twist was also delicious. I’ve never read this author before but if her other books are this well written and gripping, I will devour them all.