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The Nowhere Child
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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The Nowhere Child
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Publisher's Summary
"[Katherine Littrell's] narration seamlessly moves between Australian and Kentucky accents, allowing individual characters to shine." (AudioFile magazine)
"The Nowhere Child is a well-written thriller that avoids the clichés of the genre. The characters are interesting and believable and the book kept me reading up to the satisfying conclusion." (Phillip Margolin, New York Times best-selling author of The Third Victim)
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White’s internationally best-selling debut thriller of psychological suspense about a woman uncovering devastating secrets about her family - and her very identity....
Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year-old girl vanished from her home in Manson, Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler.
On April 3, 1990, Jack and Molly Went’s daughter Sammy disappeared from the inside their Kentucky home. Already estranged since the girl’s birth, the couple drifted further apart as time passed. Jack did his best to raise and protect his other daughter and son while Molly found solace in her faith. The Church of the Light Within, a Pentecostal fundamentalist group that handles poisonous snakes as part of its worship, provided that faith. Without Sammy, the Wents eventually fell apart.
Now, with proof she and Sammy are in fact the same person, Kim travels to America to reunite with a family she never knew she had. And to solve the mystery of her abduction - a mystery that will take her deep into the dark heart of religious fanaticism where she must fight for her life against those determined to save her soul....
What the critics say
“A nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising it-could-happen-to-you thriller - a book to make you peer over your shoulder for days afterwards.” (A.J. Finn, New York Times best-selling author of The Woman in the Window)
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- Jennifer F.
- 2019-01-29
The Nowhere Child
This is a well-written, captivating suspence that was certainly "worth my time". I enjoyed getting to know the very believable characters. Keep writing, Christian!
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- Joanne
- 2019-01-29
Loved it
I loved this book, it’s hard to believe this is a first work by Christian White. I intend to read as much as he’s willing to write. I also loved the narrator, well done. This book has lots of twists and turns to keep you interested.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-31
the No Where Child
The book captured my attention immediately. Parts of descriptions of snakes was too much so skipped parts of it.
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- Marnie A Wetmore
- 2024-02-01
Good book
Story was really good. Kept me reading. I like this author. I will read her next book
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- Maria Phillips
- 2021-08-17
I regret taking as long as I did to start this.
Definitely an enjoyable listen, I'll be checking out his other book very soon! I read a lot of novel set in Down Under and though a lot of this takes place on US soil it was still enjoyable! The setting makes me think a little of Justified, which is one of my favourite tv dramas.
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- terry
- 2023-02-19
Loved It
Really interesting story and I thoroughly enjoyed the narration. I will definitely read his next book!
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