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That Girl from Nowhere

By: Dorothy Koomson
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Akiya Henry
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From the best-selling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity, and the meaning of family.

‘Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?’ he asks.

‘Nowhere,’ I reply. ‘I’m from nowhere.’

‘Everyone’s from somewhere,’ he says.

‘Not me,’ I reply silently.

Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby, and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents.

As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay....

©2015 Dorothy Koomson (P)2015 Random House Audiobooks Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Adoption

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This was another classic twisting turning story that got to the very hub of human emotion. Hard to put down

Gripping as always

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Good story with an unpredictable ending. It goes on a bit though. I think it could have been shorter but overall it was a god read.

Good story with an unpredictable ending

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I downloaded this on a whim as its set in my home town, I'm so glad I did. It shows the complexity of family relationships and I couldn't stop listening. I'll definitely search out more of the authors books.

Very enjoyable.

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Although this book introduced many different themes, moved between now and the past and had many characters it was easy to become involved & follow the story line without difficulty. A little unbelievable in places but it is fiction after all. I liked the narrators very much.

Enjoyable easy listening

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I found this book on the heartache caused by adoption quite harrowing at times. It’s a long read. I nearly gave up but I’m glad I didn’t.

Difficult subject to listen to but worth it

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