What We Left Behind
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What We Left Behind
Narrated by:
Caroline Craig
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Narrated by:
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Caroline Craig
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By:
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Linda Atkins
Summary
When Tara was sixteen, her best friend, Ally, left school one day and was never seen again. Ally’s disappearance rocked their community, but Tara’s grief was life-altering. The police were convinced that Ally had run away – Tara knew her friend would never have left her behind.
Since then, Tara has fled western Sydney and created a new life for herself, becoming an academic and raising a daughter, but a shocking confrontation unearths how powerfully she is still haunted by the loss of her friend. Now she must find out what happened to Ally and face the memories she has kept at bay for so long.
The risks are great – other secrets may finally be revealed, ones that were supposed to stay hidden forever. What price will Tara have to pay to learn the truth?
‘At last, a gritty, epic, unputdownable western suburbs crime novel with a shocking killer twist. Original and unforgettable.’ CANDICE FOX
Critic Reviews
‘I loved this wonderful book as much for its evocative and compelling description of life in the western suburbs as for its unexpected twists! Highly recommended.’
(MALI CORNISH, author of The Missing Mother)
(MALI CORNISH, author of The Missing Mother)
‘Linda Atkins deftly weaves together the past and present, building tension with every revelation until the story hurtles towards the finish. Taut, compelling and utterly unputdownable, What We Left Behind delivers a gripping conclusion that nobody will see coming.’
(VIKKI PETRAITIS, author of The Reckoning)
(VIKKI PETRAITIS, author of The Reckoning)
'An intelligent, heartbreaking novel about coming of age in Western Sydney, reinvention in adulthood and the unwelcome discovery that the past is not so easily buried. Atkins’s characters leap off the page in this clear-eyed exploration of class, identity and the exhilarating hope and terrible cost of a first love lost. A moving and startlingly accomplished debut – I adored it.’
(LISA KENWAY, author of All You Took From Me)
(LISA KENWAY, author of All You Took From Me)
‘A haunting mystery with flawed, complex characters, What We Left Behind tackles the gritty desperation of growing up poor in Western Sydney without flinching. Linda Atkins immerses the reader in a compelling dual-timeline narrative of trauma, secrets, and their consequences. She writes with incisive honesty and clarity, pulling no punches, and she handles the darker themes with empathy, a keen understanding of human behaviour, and precious glimpses of light and hope. This is a masterful novel that captures the reader from the first page, and a story that lingers beyond the last.’
(TANYA SCOTT, author of Stillwater)
(TANYA SCOTT, author of Stillwater)
‘At last, a gritty, epic, unputdownable Western Suburbs crime novel with a shocking killer twist. Original and unforgettable.’
(CANDICE FOX, author of Redbelly Crossing)
(CANDICE FOX, author of Redbelly Crossing)
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