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By: Amanda Prowse
Narrated by: Amanda Prowse
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About this listen

From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes a story that asks: what would you risk for a shot at happiness?

1984. Bessie is a confident sixteen-year-old girl with the world at her feet, dreaming of what life will bring and what she’ll bring to this life. Then everything comes crashing down. Her bright and trusting smile is lost, banished by shame - and a secret she’ll carry with her for the rest of her life.

2021. The last thirty-seven years have not been easy for Bess. At fifty-three she is visibly weary, and her marriage to Mario is in tatters. Watching her son in newlywed bliss - the hope, the trust, the joy - Bess knows it is time to face her own demons, and try to save her relationship. But she’ll have to throw off the burden of shame if she is to honour that sixteen-year-old girl whose dreams lie frozen in time.

Can Bess face her past, finally come clean to Mario, and claim the love she has longed to fully experience all these years?

©2021 Lionhead Media Ltd. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. European Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction World Literature Feel-Good Heartfelt Tear-jerking

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Loved this book. The narration by the author encapsulated me and I felt a part of the story. I lived and visualised every scene as if I was there. I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions loss, laughter, tears, joy...and loved the the ending. This will not be my last audio.

1st audio experience.....fabulous!!

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Loved this story, could have happened to anyone and I bet did. Very enjoyable, definitely worth a listen.

A great story

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A bitter sweet take of life in the 80s to present day.
thanks everyone concerned.

Bitter sweet tale

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So many similarities to my life. I could really relate. I was meant to stumble across this book 😊

Amazing! I loved it

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Hard to put into words how relatable this story is, especially to anyone who was a teenager in the 80’s. Beautifully written and narrated with so much love and true insight.

So very honest and moving

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