The Whispers
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4.2 • 5 Ratings
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- £7.99
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
The second novel from the author of THE PUSH, 2021's most explosive Sunday Times bestseller!
'Utterly addictive' Paula Hawkins on The Push
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One morning on Harlow Lane, four families' lives are changed forever.
Whitney Loverly can only sit by her son's hospital bed after he falls from his bedroom window in the middle of the night. She refuses to speak to anyone.
Back at home, the Loverlys' neighbours must reckon with their own roles in the tragedy - their selfless best friends who live across the street, the ambitious Goldsteins who desperately want a family of their own, and the quiet elderly couple who spend their days people watching on the front porch.
But what happens next, when over the course of a week, the hidden and explosive truths that connect these families must come out?
Exploring envy, motherhood and the intuitions that we silence, this is a novel that asks what happens when good people make bad choices.
Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.
Praise for THE PUSH:
'Set my nerves jangling in both horror and recognition' Lisa Jewell
'Gripping' Guardian
'Sustains the suspense expertly' Sunday Times
'Keeps the reader hooked' Grazia
'Jet-black' Abigail Dean
'Provocative, compulsive' Vogue
'Riveting, thought-provoking' Daily Mail
'Bold' Heat
©2023 Ashley Audrain (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
*Captivating*
**4.5 Stars**
Well, this book was so immersive as I found myself being dragged into the lives of this group of women and their families.
They all live in the same neighbourhood and they all seem to want to present picture perfect lives.
The women are Whitney, Rebecca, Blair and Mara.
Whitney is the one who appears to have it all. A nice husband a family and she is also the ceo of a company and the one they all seem to envy, she really loves her work more than being at home.
Blair her best friend loves being a mother and yet she seems unfulfilled.
Rebecca a Er doctor would love nothing more than being a mother life has not turned out how she had planned and she feels inadequate
Mara an older neighbour sees more than people think but she is not often given the time of day.
All this changes when Whitney & Jacob hold a garden party and Whitney loses her cool and over time a tragic accident happens and the book charts back in time as to the cause of the accident and we get to know more about the women and the secrets, lies and betrayals that they are hiding. The last few words at the end of the book were just explosive.
I am still reeling from the last sentence but cannot say that I liked any of the characters, but the book was gripping.