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The Library of Leaving

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‘Maybe it shouldn’t surprise me that August became a writer. He’d told me all kinds of stories – ‘I love you’ for one …’

Switzerland, 1926. Helen Fox lives a secluded life at the American Library of Geneva, passing her days cataloguing books left as bequests and combing through their pages to glean details about their deceased owners. It’s a quiet existence, but it’s work she loves.

That is, until Helen receives a mysterious package containing the first chapter of a novel written by August Hegland – an ex-soldier turned writer and the man she once loved. Though he claims his new book is fiction, Helen immediately recognises herself in his story … along with the threat simmering in the ink: that August may expose the truth of her colourful wartime past. But just how much does August intend to reveal? And what will happen to Helen if the answer is everything?

The Library of Leaving is a gripping historical mystery, a sweeping story of love and betrayal, and a poignant meditation on how the stories we tell can reveal – or rewrite – the truth of a life.

Critics Review

n Praise for Emily Dunlay…n
'Darkly glamorous' Sunday Times Style
'Glamorous, exuberant, propulsive' Daisy Buchanan
'Mad Men meets White Lotus' Red
'Stylish and twisting' The Times
'Glitteringly glamorous and gossipy' Ellery Lloyd
'The most stylish and compulsive read of the year' Jennie Godfrey
Author Emily Dunlay
Narrator Imani Jade Powers, Pete Simonelli, George Newbern, Alex Wyndham, Megan Tusing
Duration 11 hours and 49 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780008695675
Format Audiobook
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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