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The whispers

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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?

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Let them find this captivating tale of secrets, reveleations and sinister goings on under the tree this Christmas!

‘Spellbinding, a shimmering, visceral ride through the dark side of family’ LISA JEWELL

‘I absolutely loved this book’ MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER

‘A beautifully observed exploration of what it means to be a woman’ SARAH PEARSE

‘Deeply thrilling and provocative . . a truly masterful novel’ NITA PROSE

‘Thought-provoking and gripping, this is worthy of all the praise coming its way’ HEAT, Book of the Week

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The whispers started long before the accident on Harlow Street . . .

Was it at the party, when Whitney screamed blue murder at her son?

Or after neighbour Blair started prowling Whitney’s house, uninvited?

Or once Rebecca and Ben’s childlessness finally puts a crack in their marriage?

But on the terrible night of the accident, the whispers grow louder, more insistent.

Neighbours gather round. Questions are asked. Secrets are spilled. And the gloss on everything begins to rub off. Everyone is drawn into the darkness.

Because there’s no smoke without fire.

No friendship without envy.

And no lie that does not conceal a devastating truth . . .

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The Whispers
is a darkly psychological portrait of couples in crisis and families in free fall.

‘A chilling psychodrama about motherhood and community’ i PAPER

‘You will devour this. A brilliant, honest read about families in crisis’ Woman & Home
‘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

‘A masterwork: a page-turner, a searing emotional rollercoaster and a beautifully-written hymn to the pain, the love, the fury of motherhood . . . sensational’ Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn’t Call

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

Additional information

Weight 0.555 kg
Dimensions 24 × 16.2 × 3.2 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

326

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K