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Sunburn
- Narrated by: Toni O'Rourke
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Sunburn
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Publisher's Summary
An astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp.
It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.
Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah. But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. Neither will be easy, but only one will offer her happiness.
An Evening Standard ‘One to Watch in 2023'
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- Alys
- 03-11-2023
So so beautiful
So beautifully written and read. There’s very few books I’ve read that have bought me to tears like this one.
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- Fabbeylous1
- 31-10-2023
Absolutely gorgeous
How am I just meant to live normally after reading this heartwrenching, beautiful story?
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- Cliente Amazon
- 10-12-2023
A slow start, but man, I couldn't stop listening
I am left wondering if the picture I have of Lucy(fer) and Susannah is accurate...even tho there are no real Lucy and Susannah. Felt like a teen again, living a love I didn't have the luck to live
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- Cec Acevedo
- 01-11-2023
Just lovely.
Oh this book was truly lovely. So remarkably written and performed. I could hear the narrator's smile. Loved this.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2024
Heart achingly beautiful
Such an easy listen. So beautifully written. The Irish accent was just a cherry on top
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- Anonymous User
- 26-08-2024
Life altering read
I’ve never felt so much because of a book, this read was phenomenal I have preordered the next.
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- Emma
- 12-09-2024
Dramatic, emotional and romantic
I was in this, hanging on every word, feeling and yearning alongside the characters. Felt alllllllll the feels. One of my favourites. Beautiful.
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