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That Girl From Nowhere

A gripping and emotional story from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls

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That Girl From Nowhere

By: Dorothy Koomson
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Akiya Henry
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Summary

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family.

‘Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?’ he asks.
‘Nowhere,’ I reply. ‘I’m from nowhere.’
‘Everyone’s from somewhere,’ he says.
‘Not me,’ I reply silently.

Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents.

As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...

 Coming of Age Contemporary Fiction Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Adoption

Critic Reviews

Immediately gripping and relentlessly intense, this story grabs you by the innards right from the off
Cracker of a novel... completely involving from the get-go
Packs an emotional punch
Her best yet... powerful and beautifully written - and highly recommended!
Complex and thrilling
Another brilliant read
This heart-rending novel will have you gripped from the start
Beautifully written and utterly intriguing, this kept me reading late into the night
Gripping and authentic, sweeping and emotional, Dorothy Koomson's writing takes the reader on a compelling journey into the world she has created
A satisfying and moving story about love, relationships and the consequences of discovering the truth about the past
All stars
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The narrator of this story made the emotions come to life. She was very believable. I highly recommend this book.

A wonderful story

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A bit slow to start, but can't stop listening once you're into it. Lots of twists and turns, so it keeps one captivated

Thoroughly enjoyable

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a lovely book that makes you feel good. definitely worth listening to. inside the mind of an adoptee

Sweet story

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the narrator's petulant tone really grated on me. I kept thinking: did the author mean the main character to be so sulky, defensive and difficult (and hard to warm to), or is it the narration? Other than that, a great story

Loved it but...

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