On My Life

By: Angela Clarke

Narrated by: Sarah Durham

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

When a pregnant woman is imprisoned on suspicion of murder, she must fight to prove her innocence from behind bars or her baby may be given away to whoever framed her....

Framed. Imprisoned. Pregnant. It's her worst nightmare.... 

Jenna Burns thought she had the perfect life: a loving fiancé, a great job, a beautiful home. 

Then she returns home one day to find her stepdaughter murdered, her partner missing.  

And the police think it was her.... 

Jenna knows she's been framed. But how can she prove it from behind bars?   

And then she finds out she is pregnant.  

It's not only her life at stake.   

Surrounded by prisoners who'd hurt her if they knew what she's accused of, aware that someone outside hates her enough to kill, Jenna will do whatever it takes to clear her name, save her baby and find out the truth.   

But can she do it in time? 

©2019 Angela Clarke (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Roller Coaster from Start to Finish

Wow, this book is pretty great. On My Life had me hooked from the beginning and hanging on for MY life. The adventures of Jenna, the "Blonde Slayer," in prison, are gripping, as she navigates her way through a brutal system on remand, awaiting trial and has only herself to rely on to save her from a life sentence if she cannot show a court that she didn't commit a horrible crime. Frankly, I couldn't stop listening. This book is intense and grabs on to your basic instincts of survival as you follow Jenna's story. The narration is spot on. Loved it and highly recommend!

A story about prison life in the UK

If you are looking for a day by day of what prison life is like in a woman's prison in the UK this is your book. If you just want the real story in this book, read the first few chapters and then skip ahead to chapter 78 and listen to the rest and you will have the whole story minus the prison stint the main character did. The so-called twist was not very good at all. I would recommend you NOT waste a credit on this one.

A compelling thriller with superior writing.

This book was very fast paced with well described action scenes and carefully chosen details. Overall, a tightly written thriller with a sympathetic heroine. Not enough clues to make it possible to figure major plot points out. Solid B+

I really liked this book!!!

This was a great book, with unexpected ending.
Easy to listen to, will look out for more from this author

Brilliant!!!

Finally.......This is my sort of book, brilliant story, well narrated I couldn't stop listening.

The story was easy to follow, characters easy to relate too. It played out like a movie in my head

Just okay

The storyline is different and gives the intensity of the setting of a prison environment. I listened to the end but really struggled to do this because of a few reasons. The repeated narrative of ‘my baby’ was incredibly annoying after a while. Maybe it wouldn’t have been as bad reading written text. The other issue was probably due to the fact that the bulk of the book was in a prison setting and the text was solely written from the main character’s perspective. This meant she repeatedly went over her thoughts, pondering, reasoning etc, making it a slow listen indeed. The additional prison storylines were tedious after a while too.

Should have been titled Prison Diaries

This was so disappointing as the background story to the character's reason for being in prison was fascinating. However, too much prison living, upsetting, depressing and repetitive. Did not expect this balance in the story and nearly gave up. The narrator, Sarah Durham, was excellent with a good strong voice and consistent delivery. Would listen to Sarah again but, hopefully, with a better book.

Good story but ...

Narration was excellent and the story line was good. But it seemed padded and then the end rushed.

Wow!!!!

Just get it and enjoy the rollercoaster ride - not what I expected or who! One I will remember for a while already passed it on to two friends

No substance and padded with redundant fluff

Little to no substance most of the run time is padded with weighted similes about how she felt sick, was uncomfortable blah. Added nothing to the plot.


I was frustrated that the main character was so entitled she assumed the justice system procedure shouldn't apply to her - guilty or innocent, there's no special treatment. This book is just her complaining about how different or better she is from all the other incarcerated women.

The story was far fetched and made me want to hit my head of a brick wall. The conclusion made me question why I bothered to finish it.

Great narration!!

Enjoyed this book. The narrator clearly got into it and made it come to life!

wow

excellent story
excellent narration

this story kept me gripped from beginning to end.

the narrator of so good, she could make reading the dictionary sound explosive.

best book by far

Review of On My Life

loved it, the story line gripped me till the end. unexpected twist at the end.