When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020

Written by:
Caroline Scott
Narrated by:
Chris Harper

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
13
Narrator
5
Release Date
October 2020
Duration
13 hours 0 minutes
Summary
From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
 
They need him to remember. He wants to forget. 

1918. In the last week of the First World War, a uniformed soldier is arrested in Durham Cathedral. When questioned, it becomes clear that he has no memory of who he is or how he came to be there.
 
The soldier is given the name Adam and transferred to a rehabilitation home. His doctor James is determined to recover who this man once was. But Adam doesn’t want to remember. Unwilling to relive the trauma of war, Adam has locked his memory away, seemingly for good.
 
When a newspaper publishes a feature about Adam, three women come forward, each claiming that he is someone she lost in the war. But does he believe any of these women? Or is there another family out there waiting for him to come home?

Based on true events, When I Come Home Again is a deeply moving and powerful story of a nation’s outpouring of grief, and the search for hope in the aftermath of war.
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Lon G.

I felt the book was too long by about a third. While the book was initially intriguing, it had a soap opera quality to it that became tedious after awhile. I stayed with the book primarily because I wanted to see how it would end, and the ending left me questioning my judgment to have stayed with it. I also found that the reader's voice and the way he read the book added to its soap opera quality. This is one of the very few books I have purchased through Audiobooks that I cannot recommend to others. Although perhaps a little harsh, the best thing I can say about this book is that I was glad when I reached the end.

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Anonymous

Amazing story! Keeps you going until the very end.

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