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Charcoal
- When You Run Away, Sometimes You Have to Come Back
- Narrated by: Teresa-May Whittaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
"Jess is dead, and it's my fault".
Anna Macbeth has spent her whole life trying to escape from her past. She left the rural Yorkshire village where she grew up for life as a family lawyer in London, but what secrets did she take with her?
When a familiar voice telephones her with tragic news, Anna knows that running away is no longer an option, and that she has to return to face her demons.
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- Cair-Paravel De Loulay
- 08-22-20
A Wonderfully, Devastating Saga
Anna, Jess and Tim are forever locked in a devastating saga. Anna came from a broken home. Her course in life was permanently altered from the beginning. She was a broken mess who wanted to protect herself from the home life she had known first. Enter Jess. Jess is sweet, loving and full of life. Her family had become a safe haven for Anna. The girls were inseparable in everything and had even become blood sisters, though not with the big knife Anna had lead with. As they grew, they began to change into their own women. One day, Tim enters the picture. Anna is on guard and has no trust for his "games". Jess is loves him, despite Anna's preconceptions. Life goes it's own way and they all grew apart. Then they begin to grow together, in all the wrong ways. Some roads are easy to go down, but are impossible to reverse. The story starts at the end and seamlessly wraps around to the to finish where it began. The devastation is beautifully craft and rends the heart in twain effortlessly. The narrator does well, though it took a moment to adjust to her cadence. I will never forget this book, it's details etched in to my memory forever. It is a beautiful story and is a definite one to listen to. I received a free copy from the author in return for an honest review.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-30-20
A beautiful but sad story
Charcoal is not a happy story. It found me at a time in my life when I was already feeling down, yet I wasn't able to stop listening to the audiobook. I wanted to know more. Which says a lot about the book, because the ending of the story is "spoiled" in the short synopsis, and still, I wanted to find out what lead to that point. Unlike many other stories, this one was not about a big twist at the end, it was more about the journeys of the characters that lead them there. I'm still not sure how to feel about the characters. They had many flaws, but the author gave us enough reasons and explanations on why they acted in a certain way and why they kept making mistakes. And who are we to judge them, really? All in all, I'd recommend this book to those who want a tough read instead of a light chic-lit and who are not afraid to feel a little heartbreak when the story is over.