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Things Don’t Break on Their Own

By: Sarah Easter Collins
Narrated by: Christina Cole, Nathalie Buscombe, Emily Lucienne
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

She could be anyone. She could be you.

Nobody ever found out what happened to Laika Martenwood, the girl who vanished without a trace on her way to school one morning. But for her sister Willa, life shattered into tiny pieces that day, and she has never been able to put them back together again.

Willa sees Laika everywhere: on buses, at parties, in busy streets. It’s been twenty-five years, and the only thing that has kept her going is her belief that her sister is alive, somewhere.

But when a dinner party conversation about childhood memories spirals out of control, a shattering revelation from one of the guests forces Willa to rethink everything she thought she knew about her past. And, out of the debris of that explosive evening, the truth of what really happened begins to emerge. Piece by piece.

'This is the one: the next must-read, must-discuss novel' A.J. FINN
'A terrific debut from a promising talent' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'I will be thinking about it for years ... I loved it' GILLIAN McALLISTER

©2024 Sarah Easter Collins (P)2024 Penguin Audio

 Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

'So so so good. A bruising, brilliant and beautiful mystery. An elegant, twisting story of loss and longing, of the ache of the unknown and the drowning weight of past trauma. A very special debut'. CHRIS WHITAKER, NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END
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Superbly written! Loved the story lines & character progression! Well done to Sarah! The three narrators were excellent too!

Fabulous book!

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Such a great story . Kept me intrigued the whole way through. One of the best I’ve heard in a long while and I listen to alot of books .

Brilliant listen

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Great characters and great narration. Looking forward to more from this author. Couldn’t put it down.

Loved this book so much.

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