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Valentine

By: Elizabeth Wetmore
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia
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A top ten New York Times bestseller. With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small Texas oil town.

‘Brilliant, sharp, tightly wound, and devastating’ Elizabeth Gilbert


‘Quite simply one of the best books I’ve ever read’ Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt

Mercy is hard in a place like this. I wished him dead before I ever saw his face…

In a place like Odessa, Texas choosing who to trust can be a dangerous game.

Mary Rose Whitehead isn’t looking for trouble – but when it shows up at her front door, she finds she can’t turn away.

Corinne Shepherd, newly widowed, wants nothing more than to mind her own business, and for everyone else to mind theirs. But when the town she has spent years rebelling against closes ranks she realises she is going to have to take a side.

Gloria Ramírez, fourteen years old and out of her depth, survives the brutality of one man only to face the indifference and prejudices of many.

When justice is as slippery as oil, and kindness becomes a hazardous act, sometimes courage is all we have to keep us alive.

©2020 Elizabeth Wetmore (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"Fierce and complex, Valentine is a novel of moral urgency and breathtaking prose. This is the very definition of a stunning debut." (Anne Patchett)

"In outstanding prose, Wetmore has created a handful of extraordinary women out of the dust of West Texas, 1976. They are all so real, with their hard lives lived with absolute humanity. Valentine is both heartbreaking and thrilling, I loved it." (Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange)

"It’s like a grimmer, newer version of To Kill A Mockingbird...It sounds bleak, and it is, but there is beauty, too; in the landscape, in the spirit of some of the people and most of all in Wetmore’s wonderful writing." (Daily Mail)
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Beautifully narrated. It's one of those stories you can get completely wrapped up in. Strong, believable characters.

Wonderful

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I enjoyed this book overall and the narration is a key strength. There rich descriptions that transport the listener vividly into the landscape and offer insight into the characters and their culture. However, I felt the underlying story lacked the momentum that I need to hold my attention in audio form. I found myself regularly drifting away during the protracted descriptions. The range of characters are fascinating and compelling. However, I felt that I just got into one character's story before feeling too abruptly pulled away into another's. I admire the author's ambition and feel it would merit more than one listen.

Worth a listen and maybe more than one..

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I greatly enjoyed this book - the writing was beautiful, the story compelling, all the characters so real
The narration was superb, I loved the voices and accents, so clear, gentle and then with a terrifying simplicity- deadly.
The relationship between Potter and Corrine was beautifully drawn
I highly recommend this, the best Audible I have listened to

Wonderful book

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I can’t praise this novel - and the way it was narrated - highly enough! Beautiful, heartbreaking, shocking and inspirational - as a first novel it is astonishing, and the beautiful performances brought it to life.

The description of places, weather, landscape, friendships and histories all woven together seamlessly. I will listen to this novel many times as there will always be something new to find in it. Moving and wonderful - thank you!

Absolutely wonderful!

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Absolutely fell in love with this book. It's narrated beautifully and it's a gentle but powerful narrative. Raw and brutal but also wonderfully written in it's description of the place . I came across it by chance..Will definitely read again.

Magnificent Book

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