MOTHER MOTHER by Annie Macmanus, read by Bronagh Waugh - Audiobook extract
b"One Saturday morning, TJ McConnell wakes up to find his mother, Mary, gone. He doesn't know where - or why - but he's the only one who can help find her.\\n\\nMary grew up longing for information about the mother she never knew. Her brother could barely remember her, and their father numbed his pain with drink.\\n\\nNow aged thirty-seven, Mary has lived in the same house her whole life. She's never left Belfast. TJ, who's about to turn eighteen, is itching to see more of the world.\\n\\nBut when his mother disappears, TJ begins to realise what he's been taking for granted.\\n\\nMOTHER MOTHER takes us down the challenging road of Mary's life while following TJ's increasingly desperate search for her, as he begins to discover what has led her to this point.\\n \\nThis is a story about family, grief, addiction and motherhood, and it asks an important question - if you spend your life giving everything to the ones you love, do you risk losing yourself along the way?"