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  • True Places

  • A Novel
  • By: Sonja Yoerg
  • Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
  • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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True Places

By: Sonja Yoerg
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
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Summary

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.

True Places is a beautiful reminder that though we may busy ourselves seeking what we want, what we need has an uncanny way of finding us.” --Camille Pagán, bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

A girl emerges from the woods, starved, ill, and alone...and collapses.

Suzanne Blakemore hurtles along the Blue Ridge Parkway, away from her overscheduled and completely normal life, and encounters the girl. As Suzanne rushes her to the hospital, she never imagines how the encounter will change her - a change she both fears and desperately needs.

Suzanne has the perfect house, a successful husband, and a thriving family. But beneath the veneer of an ideal life, her daughter is rebelling, her son is withdrawing, her husband is oblivious to it all, and Suzanne is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. After her discovery of the ethereal sixteen-year-old who has never experienced civilization, Suzanne is compelled to invite Iris into her family's life and all its apparent privileges.

But Iris has an independence, a love of solitude, and a discomfort with materialism that contrasts with everything the Blakemores stand for - qualities that awaken in Suzanne first a fascination, then a longing. Now Suzanne can't help but wonder: Is she destined to save Iris, or is Iris the one who will save her?

©2019 Sonja Yoerg. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Beautiful storytelling

Having read this on Kindle originally as an Amazon First Reads selection, was very happy to also try the audiobook version. It is nicely narrated by Lisa Flanagan, the performance not detracting at all from the storyline.

You might expect the focus of the story to be Iris, the mysterious waif found in the woods - and yes she is a key character, her backstory and her adjustment to life outside the bubble of the woods. But the primary focus is Suzanne, the woman who finds her and who is effectively lost herself. Finding Iris prompts her to take stock of what she wants, for the first time in a very long time. And whilst some of her actions may come across as selfish, the story is written well enough to have a great deal of understanding and support for how she tackles the family dynamics that are at the core of the story. Whilst the family characters are mostly unlikeable (petulant teenage Brynn, self-centred husband Walt, and absolute nightmare mother Tinsley (is anyone REALLY that awful!), the writing was so good at drawing you in and you learn that (mostly) they come through to becoming better people. Very enjoyable read/listen.

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