Choices

by Erin Kaye

When Sheila gave birth to Claire she was just sixteen years of age. Persuaded by her family to give the baby up for adoption, this choice would affect her life – and the lives of those she loved – forever.

Two decades later, Sheila and her older sister, Eileen, face heartache. Eileen’s cancer has returned and Sheila can no longer live with the decision she made all those years ago. She wants her daughter back.

Soon Sheila’s desperate yearning threatens to pull the family apart. Her marriage to Jimmy in under strain and her eldest son, Conor, is in serious trouble.

With her entire family in crisis, Sheila takes reckless measures to heal the wounds of the past. Then events take an unexpected turn, offering Sheila hope for the future, but she faces one final, life-changing choice…

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Erin Kaye (real name Patricia Kay) was born in Larne, Northern Ireland in 1966. She studied Geography at the University of Ulster where she met her husband, Mervyn. They married ten days after graduating and moved to Scotland where Erin joined a Scottish bank as a graduate recruit. Ten years later she’d had enough of the long working-hours culture and decided to pack it all in to write her first novel. Mothers and Daughters was published in 2003, followed in 2004 by Choices, Second Chances in 2005, Closer to Home in 2006 and My Husband's Lover in 2008.

Erin lives in North Berwick on the East Coast of Scotland with her husband, two young sons, Ryan and Liam, and Murphy the dog.

Star sign: Scorpio
Middle name: Anne
Parents: Pat and Jim
Siblings: Mary, Janet, Jim and Susan