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The Silent Wife
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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The Silent Wife
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Publisher's Summary
Lara's life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo. Something she can't tell anyone else or everything Massimo has worked so hard for will be destroyed: his job, their reputation, their son. This secret is keeping Lara a prisoner in her marriage.
Maggie is married to Massimo's brother Nico. She knows all of Nico's darkest secrets - or so she thinks. The one day she discovers a letter in the attic which reveals a shocking secret about Nico's first wife Caitlin. Will Maggie set the record straight or keep a lie to protect those she loves?
For a family held together by lies, the truth will come at a devastating price.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-01-2022
Didn’t want to turn it off
Loved this book with its different characters and takes on family dynamics. Throughly enjoyed all of it the story and the narration i didn’t want it to stop. I will have to see what else the author has written or narrator has voiced.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-08-2020
The Silent Wife
A good story but I found myself skipping ahead in a few chapters as I think it was little drawn out. I love Emma as a narrator she seems to be able to capture the character and gives you a mind set of what they are like
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- Lesley Corkin
- 02-01-2023
Easy listening great narration
Good book easy listening the narrator had a number of very different characters and they all came across well.
The storey was simple but interesting
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- Julie
- 10-09-2023
A great read
Another amazing story from this brilliant author. I’m astounded how Kerry Fisher can think up these wonderful stories over and over again and Emma Spurgin-Hussey brings the characters to life beautifully.
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- Brenda Langeveld
- 11-12-2023
Fantastic listen
I absolutely loved this book. The metaphors were the funniest I’ve heard. A very serious topic softened with generous drizzling of humour. Beautifully read
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- Kirstin R.
- 06-03-2023
Frustrating characters and acebarios
I found the characters and scenarios rather frustrating - made it to the end but not my favourite of Kerry’s books.
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- Heidi (but books are better)
- 16-10-2017
Perfect holiday read
I accidentally stumbled across The Silent Wife when browsing Amazon’s monthly deals, and ordered it on Audible for my upcoming holiday. It turned out to be one of those random purchases which worked in my favour, as the story and characters soon drew me in.
This is a slow burning drama, focusing on family and husband-wife relationships, and there were a few intriguing dynamics being explored here. Since I was the same age as Francesca when my mother died and my father married again, I could draw quite a few parallels between our lives, and it was interesting to get a different perspective. Fisher’s writing is lively and evocative, capturing my attention from the very first page. I especially liked Maggie’s tongue-in-cheek voice, which provided a few laugh-out-loud moments, but also some reflection points. Some of her observations about her step-family were hilarious as she doesn’t hold back! Lara, the other narrator, provided a good contrast and it was refreshing to see this character change as the story went along.
There are many different themes being explored through the eyes of these two very different women: death, remarriage, domestic violence, and cultural differences are just a few issues that drove the storyline. The Farinelli family truly were a force to be reckoned with, and I found myself gnashing my teeth in frustration a few times. The story did flag a little bit for me in the later half and perhaps needed a bit more action or a twist to move it along. Luckily I was listening to that part of the book on a train and found it entertaining enough to provide a narrative to the landscape flashing by. Had I read it in print it may not have been enough to keep me interested right until the end as the resolution was fairly predictable for me. I’m not sure what happened to the promised “twist that will take your breath away” because I thought it all worked out a bit too neatly –something unexpected would have made it more memorable.
All in all, The Silent Wife was a light, enjoyable book for me whilst providing some food for thought with the themes it explored – a perfect holiday read.
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