Breaking the Silence

By: Diane Chamberlain

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Laura Brandon's promise to her dying father was simple: to visit an elderly woman she'd never heard of before. A woman who remembers nothing-except the distant past. Visiting Sarah Tolley seemed a small enough sacrifice to make. But Laura's promise results in another death: her husband's. And after their five-year-old daughter, Emma, witnesses her father's suicide, Emma refuses to talk about it - to talk at all.Frantic and guilt ridden, Laura contacts the only person who may be able to help. A man she's met only once - six years before. A man who doesn't know he's Emma's real father. Guided only by a child's silence and an old woman's fading memories, the two unravel a tale of love and despair, of bravery and unspeakable evil. A tale that's shrouded in silence...and that unbelievably links them all.

©1999 Diane Chamberlain (P)2014 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Chamberlain deserves the highest praise for writing this emotionally compelling story of secrets and silence, love and lies." ( Literary Times)

heartwarming

good read, interesting twists but a nice ending. AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”

Painfully beautiful

This story explores a very sensitive and dark topic of our history while mixing in romance and a very real day to day perspective of the aging process.

loved the book did not love the readers voice

very good book!! the readers voice made me want to stop listening multiple times.

One of the best books ever!

Great story! I couldn’t stop listening! I gave the performance a lower score because the performer was overly dramatic and talked through her nose.

New and Great Story

This story was not a rewrite of a story I have read hundreds of times. It was very interesting and kept me guessing. I loved the story of the character of Sarah who is the old women described in the summary.

Problem...the reader was really hard to listen to. I was loving the story so I literally had to force myself to get used to that voice. Eventually I was able to get passed the voice and focus on the story.

Its too bad because I think many will try to listen but give up after a few minutes of that voice.

Loved the story.

Loved the story but could hardly listen to the narration. Narrator was terrible and I almost quit listening.

Gripping from the very beginning

This was one of my favorite Diane Chamberlain books. Her books are usually slow in the beginning but this one grips you right away.

This is a GREAT BOOK !!

From the first sentence to the very last this book is interesting and intriguing. I am a huge fan of Diane Chamberlain but I particularly enjoyed this one. Will read or listen again soon. LOVE LOVE audiobooks.

Couldn't stop listening

Excellent excellent book loved every minute of it can't wait to pick up another Diane Chamberlain book

Great story, hard to listen

Narration was overcome only because the story and the writing were so great as is normally the case with this author. But very hard to put up with the whimpering whispery tone of the narrator