The House of Ashes

Written by:
Stuart Neville
Narrated by:
Caroline Lennon

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
2
Narrator
1
Release Date
September 2021
Duration
11 hours 15 minutes
Summary
“Here, now, till I tell you …”
Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless,
friendless—all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her
husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary—silent for six decades—is finally ready to tell her story …
Through the counterpoint voices—one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier—Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this haunting narrative.
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Cynthia W.

While the subject matter (misogyny and domestic violence that is passed from one generation to the next) is really hard to listen to and comprehend, I enjoyed this story and especially the narrator's reading of it.

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