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The Key

The most gripping, heartbreaking novel of World War Two historical fiction from the global bestselling author of The Memory Box

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Auteur(s): Kathryn Hughes
Narrateur(s): Joanne Froggatt
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'Riveting' Lesley Pearse on The Letter. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping on The Secret.

From Kathryn Hughes, the #1 bestselling author of The Letter and The Secret, comes a powerful, shocking, heartbreaking story set to get everyone talking in spring 2018.

1956
It's Ellen Crosby's first day at work as a student nurse at Fairhaven County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets Amy Sullivan, a young woman committed for allegedly attempting to drown herself and her stepsister, and Dr Stephen Lambourn, a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' available for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives irrevocably...

Present day
Under the cover of darkness, a young woman, Kate, picks her way through the brambles to the abandoned Fairhaven Asylum. A vast building with over six miles of corridors, the asylum still houses the metal-framed beds, rusty instruments and infamous padded cells used before it closed its doors for the last time. In an old wardrobe, Kate discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted to the asylum in 1956. The shocking contents of the suitcase lead Kate to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only Kate may have the power to put right.©2018 Kathryn Hughes Contemporaine Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Fiction littéraire Historique Romance Romance contemporaine Thrillers et romans à suspense Thrillers policiers
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A heartbreakingly powerful read
Praise for Kathryn Hughes' international bestsellers
Autumnal Sunday afternoons were invented solely to read heart-tugging novels like this
This moving love story had everyone talking . . . Get set to be hooked
A beautiful story . . . I didn't want to put it down
You will find it hard to put down. I cried buckets of tears reading it
A wonderful, uplifting story (Lesley Pearse)
Beautifully written and incredibly poignant. You cannot fail to fall for this story . . . I am delighted to highly recommend
The story kept me gripped . . . A breath of fresh air, and just what I needed after a long day in the office
An emotional and intriguing read . . . Keeps you guessing right to the end
Gripping
Heart-warming and optimistic
A gripping and moving family drama that will tug at the reader's heart
Pulled me in right from the first page . . . I really enjoyed this book
I so thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was filled with all kinds of mystery, family secrets, [and] characters that really stood out
One that you just HAVE to finish
A wonderful and memorable read that will stay with me for a long time
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I totally loved this book. The story was so cleverly observed with regards to the time period. Sympathetic and gripping.
Joanne Froggatt a true professional.

Beautiful

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Jo Froggatt makes Kathryn Hughes’ beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking story come to life so vividly I felt myself living alongside its characters, accompanying them on their journeys. Wholeheartedly recommend it!

Superb!

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This book made me laugh and cry. A tragic story that's beautifully told. Something every care-giver should read.

beautifully written and read

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What a thought provoking look at an age where patients languished in psychiatric care. There were so many who should not have been institionalized and would not have been today.

The narration was brilliant.

Heartbreaking story of love lost and found.

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I listened to approximately 2 hours of the story - 12-13 chapters and decided this was not for me. The book is very well written, the narration is amazing, but the story is too depressing. I can appreciate a story about difficult topics but listening about electroshock therapy and the life inside of a mental institution, is definitely too hard for me.

Joanne Froggatt is one of my favourite narrators; she makes a good book twice as good That is why I kept on listening, but I had to stop and returned the book to audible.

Goodreads give is it 4.5 with almost 14,000 reviews, so I am sure it is a great book; if you like this sort of story.

NOT FOR ME - 2 hours into it.

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