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AuthorJohn Boyne

NarratorNiamh Cusack

Duration4h 38m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Literature, Novels

PublisherTransworld

VersionUnabridged

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The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.
But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?
Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.
©2023 John Boyne (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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