Sisters of Mercy [Paperback] Overington, Caroline

A hospital corridor. Three newborns. One devastating mix-up that will haunt two families for decades. Caroline Overington's novel follows two girls raised in the wrong families — one in privilege, one in struggle — and the mothers who loved them despite everything. When the truth finally surfaces, it doesn't bring relief. It brings lawyers, journalists, and a reckoning that nobody wanted. This is domestic drama with real teeth: Overington doesn't shy from the ugly questions about nature versus nurture, about what we owe the children we raise versus the ones we birthed. Her prose is clean and unflinching, her characters messy and recognizable. It's the kind of book that makes you look up from the page and think about your own family with new unease. For readers who loved Liane Moriarty's moral dilemmas or Jodi Picoult's courtroom ethics. Australian fiction at its most compelling.