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What She Left Behind
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now 17, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.
Clara Cartwright, 18 years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices - with shocking and unexpected results.
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-08-09
Engaging!
Loved the novel! Well written with characters who were well rounded. Great story. Highly recommend. Not historical fiction, though.
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- Veck
- 2021-02-11
What She Left Behind
I loved this book, because it was one of the most emotional books I have listened too. It was extremely well written and narrative. When each chapter finished I just couldn’t stop listening. This book would appeal to anyone also interested in the subject of people being committed to insane asylums.
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- charlanda wise
- 2020-08-07
no
not what I was expecting. Right from the beginning I found it very and utterly boring.
Could not even wait to stop.
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- Carol Ramage
- 2023-07-02
Shockingly based on historical practices.
Very good. Emotional and touching story. I would highly recommend this audible book to others.
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- Lilybelle
- 2022-03-02
Terrible narration!
Not a bad story but very immature writing and TERRIBLE NARRATION! Don’t waste your time with this one.
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