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The Empty Nest
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
"Sometimes we can’t see what’s right in front of us, Kat. Everyone has secrets, even the people we love, the people we live with...."
Kat remembers the days when her only daughter Amy wouldn't leave her side. Amy was the baby who cried when you walked out of the room, the toddler who was too shy to speak to strangers, the small child who clung to Kat's legs in the school playground.
But now Amy is grown up, and Amy is gone - to university in a town several hours away. Kat's house - which once felt too full, too noisy, too busy - is deathly quiet, and Kat awaits the daily phone call to tell her that her beloved daughter is thriving and happy.
But one day Amy doesn’t call. Kat’s husband and friends think she is being paranoid - surely Amy is just out, having fun with her friends. But Kat knows right away that something is very wrong. Her daughter would never forget to call. She would never just disappear.... After all, Amy has nothing to run from. Or does she?
A gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Fans of The Wife Between Us, The Girl Before, and Gone Girl will be gripped by this story about a mother’s obsessive love for her child.
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- Jeff L.
- 2022-05-16
meh
this book was just ok. i found it fairly boring until about the last quarter.
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- Terri
- 2021-06-17
Well worth the credit
The story was well written and kept me interested right to the end. It was well narrated. Overall I recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-06-16
AMAZING till the last seconds
LOVED this book! Highly recommend listening. Don't bother with the bad reviews, they aren't true
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