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Second Skin

By: Christian White
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
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Publisher's summary

Stan Weir is mourning a tragic loss when he meets a mysterious nine-year-old girl, who claims to be the reincarnated spirit of his late wife. Marcy Keef is a single mother trying to make ends meet when her daughter Erin starts describing 'past life memories'. Neither wants to believe Erin, but as violent secrets are revealed, the truth becomes harder to deny.

With echoes of Stephen King, Second Skin is a propulsive thriller about grief, guilt and truths better left unknown.

©2020 Christian White (P)2020 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

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About the Creator

Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter, whose debut novel, The Nowhere Child, won the 2017 Wheeler Centre Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript. Rights to The Nowhere Child have been sold in 17 international territories and acquired for a major screen deal. His second novel, The Wife and the Widow, became an instant best seller and has been shortlisted for the 2020 Indie Book Awards for best fiction. Christian co-created the television series Clickbait, with Tony Ayres (The Slap), starring Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, and Adrian Grenier, currently in production for Netflix. He also co-wrote the feature film Relic, a horror/drama starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, and Robyn Nevin, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. He lives in Melbourne with his wife, Summer DeRoche, and their adopted greyhound, Issy.

About the Performer

Ellen Archer is a 2007 Audie Award winner for her narration of For the Love of a Dog; a 2018 Audie Award finalist for The Chemist; and a 2011 Audie Award finalist for her narration of The Penny and the multicast recording of Room. She is also recognized in AudioFile’s "Best of" lists for 2016 and 2017 and a winner of several Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. Ellen has performed more than 175 titles—many of them New York Times best sellers—and a number of wonderful series, including the Green Rider series by Kristen Britain.

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A Good Suspense Novella

Let's face it, most of the free listens Audible has provided are (using family friendly language) not very good. Second Skin is one of two free offerings this month that I'm happy to have in my library.

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SO GOOD!!

I couldn’t stop listening!! A full and complete story in a short amount of time. I was completely surprised by the end. Well done!

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CORRUPT FILE! DOES NOT DOWNLOAD!

After repeated attempts, during which Audible literally seems about to blow chunks after this download HANGS - unplayable at 2.4 MBs, I've reported the error twice. I've also permitted the unplayable file to reach a nearly complete download, which resumes after a lengthy interval. I am then informed of a FILE ERROR(!). I've done *this* twice, again with the same results. I really DID want to listen to this book...

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Good short listen

I don’t know if this was free or a bargain, but either way it was a good deal. An engaging story and good narrator. I ran out of credits because of extra time for listening during walks while dealing with the Covid-29 quarantine situation and selected this because it was either free or inexpensive. It was too short to be worth using a credit for, but I did enjoy it. Might look for this author and narrator again.

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Fun listen

I really enjoyed listening to Second Skin. Had a few interesting twists, especially the last hour of it. I would recommend it to others. Good job!

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didn't expect it

I think this book was amazing. I was so shocked by the end of the book. It is easy to listen to and keeps you in it all the way to the end.

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Short, sweet, and honest.

I liked it. Not entirely predictable . A refreshingly honest and different story than my usual listens. The narrator did a great job.

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Great listen

I really enjoyed this audible. Great story line that definitely took me by surprise. Performance was good too.

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Great Listen

I couldn't stop once it started loved it!! Good story and hope they fall in love!!

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Wow!

What a great story! Kept me wanting more! I especially liked the narrator voice. Great tone!

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