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The Secrets of Strangers
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-05-20
The best book I’ve ever listened to.
I don’t have adequate language to recommend this book. It was the most exquisite experience and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I just wish that I had someone to discuss it with!
7 people found this helpful
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- Tari
- 09-05-20
Totally engaging.
I loved this book. The whole thing had me gripped. I cried, I fretted and I felt for the people involved in the story.
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- mrs.d
- 18-06-20
Can’t help but say....
I did enjoy this although found it a bit slow at times. And it is very moving. However, there is a hilarious elephant in the room, which I couldn’t quite get over - basically there’s a body and they turn the heating up full. In my experience the smell starts within an hour on a hot day - kind of unimaginable after an entire day - not to mention what a dog would make of it - just saying 😂
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- Dunston Patterson
- 15-08-20
Really good read!
This story kept me hooked all the way through. The varying storylines all intertwined to keep my interest and the end was riveting.
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- Toni Williams
- 17-05-20
absolutely lived this book!!
loved everything about this book, was quite emotional in parts, didnt want it to end!!
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-20
Brilliant
I love books with different points of view. This was just great. I loved it.
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- Berkelbubble
- 11-05-20
Gripping to the end....
.... I literally couldn’t stop listening. So much realness, if that’s even a world. Real people, real emotion, relatable. Can’t help but feel empathy with all the characters. Loved it.
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- Sigrin
- 12-10-20
Hostage tension with an undercurrent of TLC
I have read a couple of Charity Norman books and she tackles some great subjects with care and diligence to make a great novel for all to enjoy. Ms Norman has a power to get into the human psyche and write about believable characters who I feel I know personally. There is real tension after we are introduced to the characters this builds as the standoff and hostage situation unfolds. I like the way she unraveled Sam's story, and the lives of the other principal characters Abi, Neil and Mutesi. They are all so different but became a unit of solidarity at the Tuck box cafe. Highly recommend this talented author and thank you to the incredible narration by Julie Masey who breathed life, depth and real meaning into this marvelous novel.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-20
Such a moving story.5* highly recommended
One of the best reads I’ve ever read. Absolutely moving ending. Have never cried so much over a book. Didn’t want it to end! 5* story. Thank you Charity Norman
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- Pam
- 13-08-20
Ruined by narration
Tried really hard to get into this book due to the previous reviews. But the narration is absolutely awful a lispy nasal delivery, overtly egged. Absolutely awful
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