The Comfort of Others
- Author Kay Langdale
- Narrator Joan Walker
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 6 April 2017
- Run Time 7 hours and 49 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction.
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Perfect for readers of Adele Parks and Maggie O'Farrell, The Comfort of Others is a heart-breaking, thought-provoking novel from the acclaimed author Kay Langdale.
Minnie and her sister Clara, spinsters both, live in a dilapidated country house in the middle of a housing estate, built when their father sold off the family's land. Now in their seventies, their days follow a well-established routine: long gone are the garden parties, the tennis lessons and their suffocatingly strict mother. Gone, too, is any mention of what happened when Minnie was sixteen, and the secret the family buried in the grounds of their estate.
Directly opposite them lives Max, an 11-year-old whose life with his mum has changed beyond recognition since her new boyfriend arrived. Cast aside, he takes solace in Minnie's careful routine, observed through his bedroom window.
Over the course of the summer, both begin to tell their stories: Max through a Dictaphone, Minnie through a diary. As their tales intertwine, ghosts are put to rest and challenges faced, in a story that is as dark as it is uplifting.
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| Author | Kay Langdale |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Joan Walker |
| Duration | 7 hours and 49 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473659872 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Genre | Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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