The Only Child

De: Kayte Nunn

Narrado por: Erica Sullivan

Almost every graduating class had a girl who disappeared. A decades-old crime threatens to tear apart three generations of women in this unputdownable mystery that will keep you gripped until its last heart-wrenching page.

1949 It is the coldest winter Orcades Island has ever known, when a pregnant sixteen-year-old arrives at Fairmile, a home for 'fallen women' run by the Catholic Church. She and her baby will disappear before the snow melts.

2013 Frankie Gray has come to the island for the summer, hoping to reconnect with her teenage daughter, Izzy, before starting a job as deputy sheriff. They are staying with her mother, Diana, at The Fairmile Inn, but when an elderly nun is found dead, and then a tiny skeleton is discovered nearby, Frankie is desperate for answers.

By the bestselling author of The Silk House, Kayte Nunn, The Only Child is an evocative, unsettling tale of past misdeeds that will have you listening with your heart in your mouth.

©2022 Kayte Nunn (P)2022 Hachette Australia Pty Ltd

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Page-turning... For lovers of classic commercial fiction, The Only Child is a thrilling feminist tale revealing stories that have too often been left buried." (Books+Publishing)

"A great book entertains with a compelling narrative, one that keeps the reader's attention while weaving in universal truths about the human condition during the best and worst of times. Kayte Nunn's The Only Child will join Marge Piercy's Braided Lives, along with films such as Blossoms in the Dust and Vera Drake, as a reminder of what is at stake when the reproductive rights and choices of girls and women are diminished. It is a well-paced story with finely drawn characters—and it's hard to put down." (Jacqueline Winspear)

"A taut, clever whodunit ... Kayte Nunn keeps the stakes high and the characters compelling, making for a fast, fresh, engrossing historical mystery!" (Kate Quinn)

A great listen.

A sad reminder of the cruelty of religious facilities of the past, woven into a beautifully written contemporary story.