No Place Like Home
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Christopher Quyen
About this listen
Shortly after 9.30 in the morning, a young man walks into Surf City, Bondi’s newest shopping complex. He’s wearing a dark grey hoodie - and a bomb around his neck.
Just a few minutes later, he is locked in a shop on the upper floor. And trapped with him are four innocent bystanders.
For police chaplain Paul Doherty, called to the scene by Senior Sergeant Boehm, it’s a story that will end as tragically as it began. For this is clearly no ordinary siege. The boy, known as Ali Khan, seems as frightened as his hostages and has yet to utter a single word.
The seconds tick by for the five in the shop: Mitchell, the talented schoolboy; Mouse, the shop assistant; Kimmi, the nail-bar technician; and Roger Callaghan, the real estate agent whose reason for being in Bondi that day is far from innocent.
And, of course, there’s Ali Khan. Is he the embodiment of evil, as the villagers in his Tanzanian birthplace believe? Or just an innocent boy, betrayed at every turn, who just wants a place to call home?
©2021 Caroline Overington (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.What listeners say about No Place Like Home
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- Aylish
- 06-12-2021
slower-paced but worth it
some seige stories are full of action, but this story is told afterwards, reflectively, respectfully, by a young priest. I liked that it was told from his perspective, I liked his voice and the narration. The accents were a bit off, but it was minor. This was deeply moving, and in the last few seconds I felt the horror in the pit of my stomach, when it ended I wanted to yell or to cry. I want the author to know that I enjoyed their book, amd it will stay with me for a long time to come.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-02-2022
Reasonable story.
Bit of a sad story. Not bad, easy enough to follow. Interesting topic. Finished it but did not totally draw me in.
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- Allan Burton
- 23-04-2023
Loving Caroline Overington
Again another gritty real page turner. I’m so glad audible has done a deal with her, I’m loving her work and this one too.
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- Tracey
- 23-11-2024
The poor narration
This would be a half decent story if it was renarrated. The narrators voice was too young for the role and his accent and annunciation was extremely distracting. I couldn’t finish the book.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-10-2021
Narration is awful
This is a great story let down by poor narration. Sounds like a high school kid reading in class.
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- squizmum
- 06-01-2022
AMoving Story
Set in Bondi this story is sad as it shows how people react to someone different.
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- Maureen Abbot
- 19-06-2023
Performance Underwhelming
Narrator irritating Dictation was terrible and very annoying I persevered to see how story unfolded
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- Veronica McEwan
- 27-08-2022
good story
enjoyed this book very short but kept me interested and the narration was excellent
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- Helen Smith
- 04-03-2023
Rambling storyline
I couldn't finish this book, the storyline kept wandering into unnecessary detail about the characters, their mothers, the mothers neighbours. The narration was awful, words such as "with" and "truth" were pronounced "wif" and "troof" every 5th word was cut off at the end.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-2023
good story
I enjoyed this book. I did get a little lost to start with, but I worked it out quick enough.
very interesting and sad.
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