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  • Water

  • By: John Boyne
  • Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
  • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Water

By: John Boyne
Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
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The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.

But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?

Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.

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The story, the words and the storyteller

Niamh Cusack was just perfect to read this book. Absolutely wonderful listen. A great story simply told. John Boyne is just a brilliant storyteller, you get lost in his books so quickly. I was there on that little island too.
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The narrator's voice and intonement was excellent!

Beautifully written with such sensitivity in spite the heartsore...it will stay with me for quite some time!

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Superb reader

John Boyne is an artist with words and language. As always the story is one of human suffering told superbly.

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Another winner from John Boyne

I always look forward to another book by John Boyne ... this one was exceptionally good ... so much that I
could not put it down .. I read it over 2 days. He's a master story teller. This is a story of a woman who wants
to escape her past by going to live in a remote village under a new name.

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Brilliant

John Boyne writes so convincingly in a woman’s voice . His characters are memorable , his sentiments on toxic men are also clear . But this is such a wonderful story and I can’t wait to see what he does in the books to follow in this series . Beautifully read .

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