Literary Book Club at Ten Trees Books "The Names"

This extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life

Cora sets off to register her new son’s birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, is respected in the community but controlling at home. He expects the infant to be named after him. But when the Registrar asks what she’d like to call the child, Cora hesitates…

Spanning 35 years, what follows are three alternate and alternating versions of Cora’s and her young son’s lives, shaped by her choice of name. In richly layered prose, "The Names" explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.

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