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Narrated by:
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Jill Winternitz
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By:
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Ashley Audrain
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
The second novel from the author of The Push, 2021's most explosive Sunday Times bestseller!
One morning on Harlow Lane, four families' lives are changed forever.
Whitney Loverly can only sit by her son's hospital bed after he falls from his bedroom window in the middle of the night. She refuses to speak to anyone.
Back at home, the Loverlys' neighbours must reckon with their own roles in the tragedy - their selfless best friends who live across the street, the ambitious Goldsteins who desperately want a family of their own, and the quiet elderly couple who spend their days people watching on the front porch.
But what happens next, when over the course of a week, the hidden and explosive truths that connect these families must come out?
Exploring envy, motherhood and the intuitions that we silence, this is a novel that asks what happens when good people make bad choices.
Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.
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- Helen Williams (All Booked Out)
- 14-11-23
Great apart from..
I loved this from all the characters points of views, The little twists they all get. the ending was great.
I loved the narration however something went wrong with my copy with editing I think as beginning of each chapter was missing the start of each word which although I could guess the word, was annoying.
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- Ms Brewster
- 10-11-23
Really struggled to get to the end
The story initially intrigued me and by the end I can say it did indeed have a good storyline. BUT the writing style really does not work for me - lots of short sentences, lots of laboured points, lots of chapters basically saying the same thing but including one juicy nugget. I really struggled to get to the end, but I have to say I'm glad I did, as the end made it all worthwhile.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-08-23
Amazing follow up to the push
The push is probably my favourite read ever so this was highly anticipated. As it’s multiple povs it took me a little longer to get into it but when I did it was another amazing book.
Beautifully written female perspectives on the experience of motherhood and identity.
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- Elfie
- 24-07-23
I thought The Push was great…
Until I read The Whispers. Ashley Audrain writes characters and plots with such insight, it’s hard to credit the writing as Fiction.
Huge plaudits to the fantastic author for the effort it must have taken to write this book.
Compelling & inspired.
Thank you
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-09-23
Kept me listening.
I really enjoyed The Push so was intrigued to see if this could be as good and it was! Another take on motherhood!
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- MRS DAWN GRAHAM
- 17-10-23
Excellent read
Good narration. Characters not always likeable. But an interesting story about the angst of Motherhood.
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- MR D B
- 11-02-24
Sooo good. Couldn’t put it down
I listened to this at every opportunity as it was so engaging. Definitely worth a listen, as is her other book. The push
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- Phil Shulkind
- 15-11-23
Not my cup of tea
I really enjoyed The Push, even with the confusing ending, but for some reason I couldn’t get into this. I think it’s the narration, didn’t draw me in so lost patience with it quite quickly.
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- Mrs W
- 01-02-24
Loved this
This is my favourite sort of story- marriages and motherhood! . So well done. Excellent ending too.
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- fabricio
- 24-11-24
The performance
Liked the story, the ending was amazing as usual from the author, complicated characters and very interesting story.
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