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Afraid
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Narrated by:
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Colleen Prendergast
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By:
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Mandasue Heller
About this listen
When 15 year old Skye's mother finally does something so shocking that it can't be hushed up, the police turn her over to the social workers - and that's when the nightmare begins.
No one will let her talk to her father; the woman who is supposed to be helping her dumps her in a terrifying 'home' that's more like a jail. But she still has one friend to turn to: the sympathetic girl she's met in an Internet chat room, the one who seems to have a home life as unhappy as Skye's. And Jade offers her a safe place to stay....
Alone in Manchester, nearly penniless, Skye is willing to trust Jade. Even when it isn't Jade who turns up at the rendezvous but a grown-up man who says he's Jade's brother....
Mandasue Heller was born in Cheshire and moved to Manchester in 1982. She spent ten years living in the notorious Hulme Crescents, which have since become the background to her novels. Not only is she a talented writer, but she has also sung in cabaret and rock groups, '70s soul cover bands and blues jam bands.
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Excellent story ruined by very explicit language
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Suitable for teenagers
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Keeps you hooked from start to finish
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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, I needed a break from the intensity and to make it last longer. When you get a good book you don't want it to end.Any additional comments?
This book had me gripping the edge of my seat the entire way through. Skye doesn’t have grand ambitions, but they don’t include having her life turned upside down by her mother and her mismanaged illness. If only she had stayed at her friend’s house that day, instead of walking in on the chaos of her home life. Things quickly jump from bad to worse and then continue on the slippery slope, and Skye has to reinvent herself to hold onto the small bit of life that she is left with. This is a tragic and moving story about a girl who, from no fault of her own, finds one terrible situation after another. The people that love her are not able to help and she is at the mercy of those who continually harm her. I shed tears for Skye; the character was well-written and the story unfolded in a fantastically suspenseful manner. A brilliant story.Brilliant suspense
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What did you like most about Afraid?
It was mostly credible. The storyline was a bit different, and it was set in the north of England.What was one of the most memorable moments of Afraid?
The way the perpetrator controlled his victim, and how he manipulated the situationWhat does Colleen Prendergast bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
The reading was really good, as were the voices and intonationsWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes - I listened to it within a week. I couldn't stop!Any additional comments?
I haven't read this author's work before but would certainly do so in the futureI loved this book
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