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The Nowhere Child

By: Christian White
Narrated by: Kirsty Gilmore
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Summary

Finding her is just the start…

A dark and gripping debut psychological thriller that won the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, previously won by THE DRY and THE ROSIE PROJECT.

One photograph is all it takes to turn your world upside down.

You stare at the picture. It shows a missing child who was abducted from her Kentucky home twenty years ago.

But the kidnapped child doesn’t just look like you; she is you…

Your real name is Sammy Went – and the people you thought were family have been lying to you all your life.

But what really happened all those years ago? And how far would you go for the truth?

©2019 Christian White (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Read page one, and you won’t stop. Guaranteed." (Jeffery Deaver)

"A nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising it-could-happen-to-you thriller - a book to make you peer over your shoulder for days afterwards." (A. J. Finn, best-selling author of The Woman in The Window)

"Stunning...tightly woven...comes highly recommended." (Library Journal)

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The narrater makes it sound too cheery.

Her voice is too flat and doesn't have any emotion behind it and it makes me cringe when she keeps changing the "American" accent. This is supposed to be a serious book but the voice actress just makes it sound to cheery... Like she's reading a sex in the city book. Totally put me off.

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Enjoyable

Bought as won same prize as The Dry which I liked. Didn't disappoint. Great story and well narrated.

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Long winded

Greatly disappointed. Expected more brilliant writing after discovering previous books The Call, Still House and Other Skin …. I rarely give up listening but this just seemed to drag on and on , not helped by poor boring narration

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The narration was UNBEARABLE,!!!!

i appreciate that this is a subjective statement but DO NOT purchase without using a credit as you will not be able to return it.

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Another belter

I too don’t understand the bad reviews but each to their own. I am totally hooked on Christian White’s books and like the sneaky name drop of Summer DeRouche. I have found all the books to be thoroughly enjoyable but I still prefer the Call.

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I love all hos Books

Ive read (listen) all Christian White’s books in a week. The stories are compelling and the ending never what one would expect. I’ll hope there will be another book to listen to very soon

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Another good listen

Another good listen from Christian White. I’m not sure why the other reviewer was so negative but I’m glad I gave it a listen.

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this book was utterly boring all the way through and the narration was very poor on accent change. I was expecting it to be brilliant as I absolutely loved Still House the author's other book. There were no gaps between time lapses in the narration either. No light and chade. No plot.

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Unusual plotline

I saw a documentary once about "snake churches" but to hear it described in such detail was eye opening. I liked that the kidnapper wasn't who I thought. Overall I liked the story and was happy with the narrator. I am getting a bit fed up with the then and now format of so many new stories.

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Gripping book - full of twists and turns!

Loved this book. It had me hooked from beginning to end and I never expected the ending to be as it unfolded. Well written and well narrated

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