- Title:
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Worry
- Written by:
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Jessica Westhead
- Read by:
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Fiona Highet
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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6 hours 19 minutes
- Published:
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May 01 2020
- Available Date:
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May 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655664581
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Psychological Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
A riveting novel about a mother’s all-consuming worry for her child over forty-eight hours at a remote cottage with old friends and a mysterious neighbour.
Ruth is the fiercely protective mother of almost-four-year-old Fern. Together they visit a remote family cottage belonging to Stef, the woman who has been Ruth’s best friend – and Ruth's husband’s best friend – for years. Stef is everything Ruth is not – confident, loud, carefree – and someone Ruth cannot seem to escape.
While Fern runs wild with Stef’s older twins and dockside drinks flow freely among the adults, they’re joined by Stef’s neighbour Marvin, a man whose frantic pursuit of fun is only matched by his side comments about his absent wife. As day moves into night and darkness settles over the woods, the edges between these friends and a stranger sharpen until a lingering suspicion becomes an undeniable threat.
'In Worry, Jessica Westhead deftly plumbs the anxiety that can arise from attachment. This compelling novel explores not only the tensions between dependence and freedom, but also the tricky, shifting nature of love itself.'
Meg Wolitzer