Close To You

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>'Years ago watching a late-night movie in which a mother had turned to her son and said I have never loved you Toby had yawned declared the film unbelievable and taken himself off to bed. But Jo had watched to the end a morbid curiosity carrying her through because she'd known. Sometimes parents didn't love their children.'</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Party-planner Jo Swainson takes pride in her optimistic outlook. Nearly fifty she has come to terms with both her childlessness and the estrangement from her cold mother Bobbi. But after being blindsided by Bobbi's sudden dementia diagnosis she's devastated when her husband announces that he's leaving to start a family with another.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Puzzled by a photo of a newborn in Bobbi's handbag she is further stunned to learn her mother was once hospitalised for a psychotic breakdown. Each revelation only leads to more mysteries and Jo soon realises her mother is a stranger she longs to know. But with dementia tightening its grip time is running out for both of them.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Poignant and gripping Cary J Hansson weaves a memorable tale both haunting and heartfelt. Tackling sensitive subjects in a relatable way the reader is taken along a path of self-discovery where personal truths are challenged and enlightenment awaits at journey's end.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Close To You </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>is the immersive second novel in the GenX women's contemporary fiction series. If you like realistic protagonists secrets hidden in the cobwebs of time and hard-won second chances you'll adore Cary J Hansson's ray of hope.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>