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  • By: Susan Lewis
  • Narrated by: Julia Franklin
  • Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (172 ratings)
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No Child of Mine

By: Susan Lewis
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Summary

Alex Lake’s day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm.

When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in little Ottilie’s life, but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger.

In the end, Alex makes a decision that has consequences for her, her family and Ottilie - consequences that no one, least of all Alex, could have foreseen.

©2012 Susan Lewis (P)2012 Random House Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"With an unflinching gaze, based on her own traumatic experiences, she brings us life in all its raw intensity. The result of such honesty, insight and understanding is a string of gripping novels that bristle with drama, complexity and heart-rending reality." ( Lancashire Evening Post)
"A moving and powerful story...I couldn’t put it down!" ( Peterborough Telegraph, 9/10 stars)

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Gripping storytelling

I have never listened to or read Susan Lewis before this but was persuaded to download this audiobook after listening to a free chapter. I am so glad I did as it is definitely one of my most memorable listens of the year and probably my fastest listen. I was so involved in the story and so caught up in the lives of the characters that I really felt part of their lives and constantly wondered what I would do in their situation. Susan Lewis is a great storyteller and Julia Franklin the perfect narrator. If you like the story telling talents of Joanna Trollope or Penny Vincenzi (as I do) you will love this.

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The Dark Side of Life

This book had me hooked from the start. It had lots of different themes running through it - Love, betrayal, loss and worse of all sexual abuse. The main character of the book was crying out to be loved all the way through which went hand in hand with her job as a children's social worker. The only part of the book that let it down was the ending and hence I felt unable to give it the 5 stars I would have expected from the rest of the book. The plan by Alex and her mother to take Ottilie, the victim of sexual abuse, out of the country seemed rather impossible to achieve in today's climate of airport security. I know the book is a work of fiction but the rest of the book had been very credible and this ending rather spoilt it,

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No child of Mine

This was in many ways a very sad story, but it was extremely interesting and brilliantly narrated

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Decent listen

I enjoyed this book & it kept me largely gripped despite being a lengthy listen. I did find the ending a bit disappointing..the last 2hrs of the book got a bit far fetched & it ended up feeling too fantastical by the end. I would recommend it though as I still enjoyed it.

My only other criticism is of the narrator..she was actually very good but given the main character was late 20s, the narrator’s voice was much older & didn’t fit which I found got on my nerves a bit although it didn’t ruin it or anything

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wonderful book

its been a long time since a book has been so compelling for me. very powerful, beautifully written and a great narrator. very realastic .

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Awesome

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I can't recommend this book enough the characters were very real and complex it drew you in completely .

What did you like best about this story?

The subject matter and the narrator

Have you listened to any of Julia Franklin’s other performances? How does this one compare?

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Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was a complete roller coaster of emotion I cried at the end

Any additional comments?

I want to listen to more Susan Lewis now

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A really good listen

A really good listen although nature of the subject of abuse can make it hard to listen to. As ever with Susan Lewis the story flows well and the book seems to be over too quickly.

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Loved it!

I loved the book and have read the whole series several times. It is such a hard story to read/listen too, but I have taken the characters to my heart. Susan Lewis is such an amazing author.
I really enjoyed listening to the audio book and will probably listen to it several times too!
I only gave it 4 stars for performance because some of the accents were a bit off putting to start with, but I soon got used to them.

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Brilliant till the last part.

Was enjoying the brilliant story, but towards the end it descended into farce! Very disappointing.
Storyteller was stretching it with the accents too!

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Great read

brilliant story. lots of twist and turns. not as straight forward as first expect. loved it.

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