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The Boy in the Photo
- Narrated by: Melle Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
She becomes aware of the silence at the other end of the line. A prickling sensation crawls up her arms. Her heart speeds up. "Found who?" she asks, slowly, carefully, deliberately.
"They found Daniel."
Six years ago
Megan waits at the school gates for her six-year-old son, Daniel. As the playground empties, panic bubbles inside her. Daniel is nowhere to be found.
According to his teacher, Daniel’s father picked up his son. Except he and Megan are no longer together. After years of being controlled by her cruel husband, Megan finally found the courage to divorce him. Hands trembling, she dials his number, but the line is dead.
Six years later
Megan is feeding her new baby daughter when she gets the call she has dreamt about for years. Daniel has walked into a police station in a remote town just a few miles away.
Megan is overjoyed - her son is finally coming home. She has kept Daniel’s room, with his Cookie Monster poster on the wall and a stack of Legos under the bed, perfect to welcome him back. But when he returns, Daniel is quieter than she remembers....
Desperate to find out what happened to her little boy and to help him heal, Megan tries everything - his favourite chocolate milkshake, a reunion with his best friend, a present for every birthday missed - but still, Daniel is distant.
And as they struggle to connect, Megan begins to suspect that her son is hiding a secret. A secret that could destroy her family....
A heartbreaking, emotional, and poignant drama about a family in turmoil. Fans of Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty, and Linda Green - this is for you.
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- Suncoaster Girl
- 2023-09-05
Tedious beginning-got better
Almost didn’t continue listening to this for a couple reasons. One, I can’t imagine as a parent losing a child this way, and I thought it would be too heart wrenching. And two, coming on the heels of “The Family Across the Street” it became tiresome to read once again about how a man gets so screwed up over women and is influenced/manipulated so easily by their father. But then it did get much more interesting and I had to keep listening to find out what happened. I started to look forward to listening. Another weakness, the character, Megan was portrayed as very bright, but she sure did miss a lot of red flags! And her husband who supposedly is a detective also could have done better. Overall, a good, captivating, well-woven story, and the narrator did a wonderful job. A simple story worth listening to if you’re not into anything too complicated. Easy to keep track of the characters and the story.
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