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On Mystic Lake
- Author
- Kristin Hannah
- Narrator
- Julia Whelan
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 16 July 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Beautifully read by Julia Whelan, narrator of The Women by Kristin Hannah and Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
On Mystic Lake is an emotional, moving and poignant story about love, loss and beginning again from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale.
'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
Annie Colwater’s only child has just left home for school in England. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he’s in love with a younger woman. Left alone in the beautiful California house which was once a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that the years have eroded not just her confidence but also her self-esteem, and she’s no longer the woman she once was.
Devastated, Annie retreats to Mystic, the remote lakeside town in the Pacific Northwest where she grew up, hoping that she can start to rebuild her life and rediscover herself. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, recently widowed and trying to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter. Together, the three of them begin to heal. But just when Annie believes she’s been given a second chance at happiness, her world is turned upside down again and she is forced to make a choice that no woman in love should ever have to make.
Praise for Kristin Hannah:
‘Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
‘Moving and unforgettable’ – Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo
‘A classic storyteller’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library
Critics Review
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Utterly absorbing. Kristin Hannah is singular in her ability to tell unforgettable stories about some of the women our world has forgotten
Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six, on The Women
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Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful
Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing, on The Women
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Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism
Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry, on The Women
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Great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?
Isabel Allende, bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, on The Nightingale
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Details
- Author
- Kristin Hannah
- Narrator
- Julia Whelan
- Duration
- 11 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035094448
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: sense of place, Modern and Contemporary romance, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
Beautifully read by Julia Whelan, narrator of The Women by Kristin Hannah and Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.On Mystic Lake is an emotional, moving and poignant story about love, loss and beginning again from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale.'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingAnnie Colwater’s only child has just left home for school in England. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he’s in love with a younger woman. Left alone in the beautiful California house which was once a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that the years have eroded not just her confidence but also her self-esteem, and she’s no longer the woman she once was.Devastated, Annie retreats to Mystic, the remote lakeside town in the Pacific Northwest where she grew up, hoping that she can start to rebuild her life and rediscover herself. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, recently widowed and trying to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter. Together, the three of them begin to heal. But just when Annie believes she’s been given a second chance at happiness, her world is turned upside down again and she is forced to make a choice that no woman in love should ever have to make.Praise for Kristin Hannah:‘Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry‘Moving and unforgettable’ – Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo‘A classic storyteller’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library
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