{"product_id":"9781802795264","title":"Hold My Girl","description":"Author: Charlene Carr\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781802795264\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Welbeck Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHold My Girl\u003c\/i\u003e picked as 'The best Canadian fiction of 2023' by CBC Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Thoughtful, tense and affecting' Ashley Audrain \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e 'Fiction books to watch in 2023'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis tense and emotional novel follows the fallout after two women's eggs are switched during IVF. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e___________\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWO WOMEN. 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