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The Other Half of Me
- Author: Morgan McCarthy
- Category: Fiction Debut Literary
- Publisher: Headline Review (UK), Free Press (US)
- Pub date: 24 May 2012
- Length: 374 pages
About The Other Half of Me
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- SUNDAY TIMES
Growing up on their grandmother’s imposing estate in a remote corner of Wales, Jonathan Anthony and his little sister Theo’s world is one in which adults play little part. Their father has never been around and their mother is usually too numbed by gin and prescription drugs to notice her children at all. And so Jonathan and Theo are left to roam free and look after each other.
Until, that is, their grandmother Eve Anthony comes home. Eve, a world-famous hotel magnate and philanthropist, is at once enchanting and formidable. She takes the children under her wing and fills in the holes in their family history that have always gaped so conspicuously. But as Jonathan and Theo grow older, Eve’s version of the past
begins to show its cracks. Could it be that there is something rotten buried deep? One thing is certain: any effort to uncover the truth will send the Anthony family’s house of cards toppling and, for someone, prove fatal.
Exquisitely pitched, bristling with menace and unfolding in the most delicious way, THE OTHER HALF OF ME is a debut by a stunning new British talent.
About the Author
Morgan McCarthy was born in Berkshire, where she still lives, and has been writing since primary school. She read English at Reading University, graduating with First Class Honours. When not writing, she enjoys renovating houses on a non-professional basis, walking and fostering dogs for rescues and keeping up with new bands. She has worked in a supermarket, a small independent bookstore and most recently as a media analyst.