PRIZE WOMEN

Gorgeous. Prize Women with its powerful important message about womens choices freedom and motherhood took my breath away. I havent stopped thinking about itA profoundly moving and absolutely gripping novel about the choices women face and the choices they are denied. I cannot recommend it highly enoughA story that sounds stranger than fiction and Lea handles it with the utmost compassion. Wonderfully researched and full of evocative historical detailMasterful. Caroline Lea is a superb storyteller and Prize Women deserves a huge readership. So good I had to pull myself awayFascinating historical fiction with a feminist slantWonderfully evocative and intelligent Prize Women sheds a light on a scandalous moment in history I knew nothing about. Lily and Maes story is unforgettable told with great sensitivity and grace. I was entrancedThis heartbreaking story explores friendship strength and the fight to survivePraise for Caroline LeaMemorable and compellingCarolines beautiful writing transported me entirely to another time and landEnthrallingLea writes beautifullyAtmospheric heartwrenching evocative this is a gorgeously written story about the scars we carry with us and how they can be overcomeExquisitely researched beautifully toldA highly original and inventive writerThe gripping and unforgettable new novel from Caroline Lea based on one of historys most shocking but largely untold scandalsA highly original and inventive writer Sunday TimesToronto Canada 1926Best friends Lily di Marco and Mae Thebault were once inseparable. They lived under the same roof and cared for each others children. But with mouths to feeds and demanding husbands to keep happy both women are forced into terrible decisions as the Great Depression tightens its grip. When lawyer Charles Vance Millers will promises a handsome sum of money to the woman who can produce the most babies in the next ten years it is initially dismissed as a vanity project. But as the Great Depression worsens and times get increasingly tough across the world for the most desperate in society this contest known as The Great Stork Derby suddenly seems like a way out.Ten years later Lily and Mae couldnt be further apart. And as The Great Stork Derby continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons both these women must face up to their part in it and the consequences... ***uPRAISE FOR Caroline Lea: /uMemorable and compelling Sarah MossEnthralling Stacey HallsCarolines beautiful writing transported me entirely to another time and land Susan FletcherLea writes beautifully The TimesAtmospheric heartwrenching evocative this is a gorgeously written story about the scars we carry with us and how they can be overcome Gytha LodgeExquisitely researched beautifully told Mary Beth KeaneGB