The Whispers

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The second novel from the author of THE PUSH, 2021's most explosive Sunday Times bestseller!

'Utterly addictive' Paula Hawkins on The Push

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One morning on Harlow Lane, four families' lives are changed forever.

Whitney Loverly can only sit by her son's hospital bed after he falls from his bedroom window in the middle of the night. She refuses to speak to anyone.

Back at home, the Loverlys' neighbours must reckon with their own roles in the tragedy - their selfless best friends who live across the street, the ambitious Goldsteins who desperately want a family of their own, and the quiet elderly couple who spend their days people watching on the front porch.

But what happens next, when over the course of a week, the hidden and explosive truths that connect these families must come out?

Exploring envy, motherhood and the intuitions that we silence, this is a novel that asks what happens when good people make bad choices.

Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.

Praise for THE PUSH:
'Set my nerves jangling in both horror and recognition' Lisa Jewell
'Gripping' Guardian
'Sustains the suspense expertly' Sunday Times
'Keeps the reader hooked' Grazia
'Jet-black' Abigail Dean
'Provocative, compulsive' Vogue
'Riveting, thought-provoking' Daily Mail
'Bold' Heat

©2023 Ashley Audrain (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

Thought-provoking and gripping, this is worthy of all the praise coming its way
HEAT, Book of the Week
The Whispers is spellbinding, a shimmering, visceral ride through the dark side of family, of community, of womanhood and mothering. Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain, she really is in a league of her own
Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times #1 Bestselling Author
A punchy page-turner about motherhood, sacrifice and the huge expectations that are forced on to women
Good Housekeeping
I absolutely loved this book
Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of The Paper Palace
Enticing, nuanced, and unflinching, The Whispers opens a secret portal into the private lives of women in suburbia. A narrative portrait of motherhood and marriage, of loneliness and longing, of loss and desire, this is a novel where the characters are so recognizable, it's nearly impossible to feel they are strangers. Rather, through the course of the deeply thrilling and provocative pages, one comes to feel they're as real as neighbours, colleagues and friends. A truly masterful novel
Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid
Riveting ... a fearless deep dive into the real internal lives of women. The Whispers is a brilliant, deeply affecting novel you won't soon forget
Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
Rage unites these women - rage that is expertly, subtly and powerfully rendered by Audrain . . . and, after Audrain has lulled you into a sense of resignation over her characters' fates, she delivers a sucker-punch ending you'll have to read twice to believe
New York Times
A chilling story and a beautifully observed exploration of what it means to be a woman, highlighting the sacrifices involved and the often frightening choices that have to be made. The knowledge that something awful is looming lends the narrative a compelling sense of unease that builds to a thickening dread as Audrain ratchets up the tension. A quietly revelatory and unnerving novel that works on so many levels - I couldn't put it down
Sarah Pearse, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium
A dark, unflinching family drama. A pageturner
Grazia
A beautifully written, twisty and thought-provoking novel about the demands of modern women, motherhood and how our own past shapes us. The Whispers is packed with suspense, tension and unforgettable characters and I couldn't read it fast enough. I adored it!
Claire Douglas, number one bestselling author of The Couple at No.9

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