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Lyrebird

By: Cecelia Ahern
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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Publisher's summary

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

She will change your life forever…

In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird.

When Solomon stumbles into Laura’s solitary existence, her life is turned on its head. Pulled from her peaceful landscape to the cacophony of Dublin, she is confronted by a world desperate to understand her.

But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, will it free her to spread her wings – or will it trap her in a gilded cage? Like all wild birds, she needs to fly free…

Lyrebird is a thoughtful, deeply moving love story; a story of the wild heart in us all and the quiet that lies underneath the world’s noise.

©2016 Cecelia Ahern (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

‘A unique look at secrets …beautifully crafted’ Essentials

‘A moving, beautiful novel.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Thought-provoking, lyrical, and really rather lovely’ Glamour

‘Alive with the mystical and unknown….A delicious enchantment underpins and threads through the story, yet there is also an undertone of unease and foreboding that lingers as you turn the pages…bewitching’ Lovereading.com

‘A heartfelt love story’ The Pool

‘Bursting with narrative verve and ear for language…a writer hitting their prime’ Waterstones.com

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Refreshing , loverly story. The narrater has a loverly Irish accent, and talks clearly.
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