The Impossible Truths of Love

De: Hannah Beckerman

Narrado por: Kristin Atherton

Duración: 10 h y 52 m

Resumen del Editor

From bestselling author Hannah Beckerman comes a moving story about memory, secrets, and what it really means to feel that you’re one of the family.

“WONDERFUL. I read [it] in one gulp.” - Marian Keyes

“I LOVED this book and will be recommending it to everyone.” - Ruth Jones

“Hannah Beckerman is the real deal.” - Alex Michaelides

When Nell’s father makes a deathbed declaration that hints at a long-held secret, it reignites feelings of isolation that have plagued her for years. Her suspicions about the family’s past only deepen when her mother, Annie, who is losing her memories to dementia, starts making cryptic comments of her own.

Thirty-five years earlier, Annie’s life was upended by a series of traumas - one shock after another that she buried deep in her heart. The decisions she made at the time were motivated by love, but she knew even then that nobody could ever understand - let alone forgive - what she did.

As the two women’s stories unravel, a generation apart, Nell finally discovers the devastating truth about her mother’s past, and her own.

In this beautifully observed and emotionally powerful story of identity, memory and the nature of family, Hannah Beckerman asks: To what lengths would you go to protect the ones you love?

©2021 by Hannah Beckerman. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“WONDERFUL. I read The Impossible Truths of Love by Hannah Beckerman in one gulp. The intrigue at this book’s heart genuinely ‘got’ me.”—Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups

“Hannah Beckerman’s writing is utterly superb: so finely crafted. I was gripped from the start and couldn’t put it down. I LOVED this book and will be recommending it to everyone.”—Ruth Jones, author of Never Greener and writer / star of Gavin and Stacey

“This is an accomplished, moving, and deeply felt novel. I found myself thinking of it during the days and savouring it as I read it. It’s affecting, elegiac, and highly relatable. Hannah Beckerman is the real deal.”—Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient

Land the plane....

The premise was interesting. Unfortunately, the excruciatingly long descriptions of emotional turmoil and the exaggerated attempt to build suspense resulted in me skipping through a few chapters.

The narrator is very good and tried valiantly to make her performance match the desired level of suspense but there was only so much she could do.

The Impossible Truths of Love

The book was very interesting. I loved everything about it. My granddaughters reads a lot will recommend them to read it.

amazing!!!!!

such a beautiful story! must read/listen! I am not an emotional person but this one hit me in the feelers!

Great until the end!

This was a 5 star for me until the end. The book kept my attention and kept me wanting to know what would happen next, but then, in the end, there was so much talking to herself that I was jumping past to only be let down. There could have been so much more to the end and so much less getting there. My heart aches for Annie, and all she went through, I just can't even imagine. This definitely had all the feels!!

Heartfelt

You can feel the pain & torment of the characters. Interesting turn of events. The many monologues go on too long. The book could be a lot shorter & get the message across. For me the narrator was too dramatic. It was unsettling to listen to. The sisters could have been more developed and they were left out pretty much in the end.

Riveting story

Wow! You begin to have guess where the story is going and then suddenly you’re finding out new bits and pieces and your mind is on a new track. Enjoyed the story and the character development.

Want more!

Hope that a second book is in the works so that we can see Nell’s future!

Splended

Very well done done , emotionally gripping at very turn. I caught on to what story was possibly about with the dying father's last words. I was a little confused because of the format of using "then" and "Now" but the ending brought it together for me.

This should have been half a book

The story alternates between then and now. I found the pacing a bit slow. As I listened I hope it would become a bit more exciting. It did not. I was disappointed when I learned the basic premise (no spoilers) really was not unique. It ends with the clear possibility of another book. I would have rather seen the pace picked up and the the ending have been the middle of the book and seen the story continue from there.

love is a strange & wonderful action

I loved this book. It was well written and so very passionately portrayed by the reader on audible. It is a mixture of drama and suspense, written in a way that has you thinking you know where the child Nell came from, only to be wrong, then guessing again after a few more chapters.