Daughter
The Gripping Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller and Richard & Judy Phenomenon
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Narrated by:
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Sophie Aldred
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By:
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Jane Shemilt
Summary
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Daughter by Jane Shemilt, read by Sophie Aldred.
'I still don't know why we had to check. Did we really think you would be there, curled up and sleeping on the stage? That we would put our arms round you, and take you home?'
Naomi has vanished, leaving her family broken and her mother Jenny desperately searching for answers. But the traces fifteen-year-old Naomi's left behind reveal a very different girl to the one Jenny thought she'd raised. And the more she looks the more she learns that everyone she trusted has been keeping secrets.
But will discovering the real Naomi help to find her?
Praise for Daughter
'We absolutely loved this book. It's about a GP and her family and the sudden horror that devastates their lives when their 16-year-old daughter disappears one night. It's difficult to believe that this accomplished book is a debut' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy book club
'Ostensibly a suspense novel about the disappearance of a teenage girl, this taut and thought-provoking debut novel explores a working mother's guilt, something all-too familiar to many of us' Woman & Home
'Complex and baffling. Jane Shemilt builds layer upon layer of tension in a novel you won't be able to put down' Tess Gerritsen
'Gripping to the last page!' My Weekly
'Thrilling' Sunday Express
'Clever' Sun
'Taut and thought-provoking' Sunday Mirror
'Utterly gripping. A tautly coiled spring of suspicion and suspense which builds to a devastating ending' Mail On Sunday
'A wonderful plot, full of tantalising reasons to read on, and of course with a killer twist at the end. What impressed me most was (. . .) the impossibility of truly knowing those closest to us, the pressures of parenthood - in particular working motherhood, and the terrible loss at the heart of all parenting: they grow up and away' Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did
Critic reviews
The only thing that is not a mystery is the mother's love for her daughter, her point of view is all we have and she is totally myopic about her family's reality. A sad thriller is how I would describe it, that in the end left me with with a bitter sweetness I did not expect.
Well written singular view of a story, that is more about the difficulties of being a family ,than the story of a crime story.
You do not know her, an accusation, a truth ?
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The story of the book was very much about a mothers struggle. And even though at times it's a bit too much guilt and frustration, the story then turns to a different year which helps keep the story interesting and easy to listen to.
I can understand why some people didn't like the ending but I liked it.
Overall a good book, I would recommend it.
Very good narrator!
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Good but overly descriptive
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A good holiday listen.
good story
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Awful narration
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