The Woman I Was Before

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The Woman I Was Before

By: Kerry Fisher

Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey

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What if the perfect life you envy was rotten to the core?

Three brand-new friends. Three very different families. Way too many secrets.

Gisela, Sally and Kate become close when they move into the same new housing estate. But behind their shiny front doors, each has something to hide.

Gisela’s Facebook profile is plastered with photos of her high-achieving son - #soproud; her teenage daughter - #bestfriends; and her gorgeous husband - #lovemyhubs. She’s the envy of everyone she knows, but how long can she keep covering up the truth?

Sally is married to her soul mate - or so the champagne glasses glinting in front of another tropical sunset seem to suggest. But what will it take for her friends to realise the life she claims to adore is breaking her heart?

Kate is a single mum. She uses Facebook to keep an eye on her teenage daughter but claims her own life is too boring to post anything herself. But maybe Kate wants to sit below the radar because she doesn’t want anyone to look too closely and start asking questions about her past....

Three lives collide in this gripping story about friendship, motherhood and marriage and the façade of perfection people present to the world.

Kerry FisherEmma Spurgin HusseyAudible Studios

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I loved this book. Thank you.
I read somewhere that you should listen to an audible book just when you were cleaning the house, to pair a nice experience with the mundane experience , the mundane being cleaning ”OBS” as Giselle would say. But alas, there wasn’t much cleaning done, ( tidied my room though before I knew it though)
I have loved this read, I do not do Facebook or anything really, if I had friends I might like Isabella ( I want to give her her beautiful name ) But have always thought it might be a chore and Now I fully understand why. Its like a constant spin doctor that u need to feed in order to feel u fit in. Its amazing , a total change from “ don’t air your dirty laundry” to “ tell everyone the facts based in very thin truths, “ . Kerry , you have put in a book what I have thought but failed to really grasp the truth of. Very well written with characters I know so well. Brilliant, used up my audible credit in one go - I meant to make it last but could not help myself. I suffer from mental illness ( like Kate I’ll speak on social media for first time NOW and distraction from my own mind is always prescribed)
Kerry ,thank you for 46 hours of me - happy out - listening to a story well told xxX