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The Echoes
- Narrated by: Vivien Carter, Sebastian Humphreys
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
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Max didn’t believe in an afterlife. Until he died.
As a reluctant ghost trying to work out why he remains, Max watches his girlfriend Hannah lost in grief in the flat they shared and begins to realise how much of her life was invisible to him. In the weeks and months before Max’s death, Hannah is haunted by the secrets she left Australia to escape.
A relationship with Max seems to offer the potential of a different story, but the past refuses to stay hidden. It finds expression in the untold stories of the people she grew up with, the details of their lives she never knew and the events that broke her family apart and led her to Max.
Both a celebration and autopsy of a relationship, The Echoes is a novel about stories and who has the right to tell them, asking what of our past can we shrug off and what is fixed forever.
'A book that will stay with you forever' OBSERVER
'Sharp prose weaving intergenerational trauma and a ghost story' SINÉAD GLEESON
'It takes brilliance to leap into the darkness' ANNE ENRIGHT
'My favourite Wyld novel' PAULA HAWKINS
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- Julie Stumbaugh
- 09-08-24
Superb storytelling
Beautifully written novel about stories, silence and ghosts. So many themes and ideas, such rich prose, but all handled with such a light touch and a load of humour.
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- Dave C
- 07-08-24
Slightly confused - happily!
Superbly narrated by VC and SH, who complement each other well. This ties in beautifully with the punctuated style of the story - cycling through the 'After', 'Before', and 'Then' of Hannah and Max's lives, with character-specific chapters in the mix as well. Wyld somehow manages to present the brooding, quietly burrowing pain and torturous elements of trauma, in the form of this seemingly soft and gentle tale. For all intents and purposes the family are standard - they have history, carry marks from poor choices and mistakes, raise smiles at their quirks and oddities, and ultimately live to realise hopes, feel connected, and be loved. The traumas take various forms - historical, cultural, sexual, emotional, etc., and are perfectly interlaced within the various sub-stories, showing themselves as intrinsically linked as each story builds as part of the greater story arc. It’s so well written, I’m confused and a little dumbfounded - how can a book so focused on trauma can feel so warm and comforting
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- M Yates
- 31-08-24
The writing
Wanted to like it more than I did, found it difficult to follow, maybe that’s just me. Found myself not understanding the story frequently. Despite this I really liked the authors ability to pin point day-to-day happenings and moments into words, things you never usually think about, so when you hear them noted down it resonates with you.
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