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Ghost Child

By: Caroline Overington
Narrated by: Tai Hara, Zindzi Okenyo
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Caroline Overington's stunning fiction debut is a multi-voiced novel centred around a child's death and its terrible repercussions.

In 1982 Victorian police were called to a home on a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. There, they found a five-year-old boy lying still and silent on the carpet. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but the child, Jacob, died the next day.

The story made the headlines, and hundreds attended the funeral. Few people were surprised when the boy's mother and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime. Police declared themselves satisfied with the result, saying there was no doubt that justice had been done.

And yet, for years rumours swept the estate and clung like cobwebs to the long-vacant house: there had been a cover-up. The real perpetrator, at least according to local gossip, was the boy's six-year-old sister, Lauren....

Twenty years on, Lauren has created a new life for herself, but details of Jacob's death begin to resurface and the story again makes the newspapers. As Lauren struggles with the ghosts of her childhood, it seems only a matter of time before the past catches up with her.

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never listened to any Caroline Overington books before. wish I had. so we'll written and loved the narrators. downloaded my 2nd book to start right away.

heartbreaking but a fabulous read

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Excellent narration, grips you from the get go. Brilliantly written book about the most awful, depraved subject - we've all heard on the news every now and again THE most awful stories such as this and I think that's what makes it so gripping. Kudos to the writer for being brave enough to tackle such a story and to do so without it being "too much" and with such believable characters. You'll to thinking about this book long after you've finished it.

Harrowing and Gripping

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Great story if unusual. Brilliant narration and suspense all the way through. Had me hooked.

A cracking read

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I was not expecting this amazing story of a child's journey from child to adult. Really enjoyable.

Not what I expected....in the best way

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Different to what I expected but a nice read keeps you wanting to know more

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