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Island Apart
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Claire Doheney, recovering from a serious illness, agrees to house-sit an oceanfront mansion on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha's Vineyard. The New York book editor hopes to find solace, strength, and sufficient calm to finish a biography of the iconoclastic psychotherapist Wilhelm Reich. The last thing she expects to find is love. Then she meets a mysterious man the locals call the Hermit. No one knows his real name or where he lives.
Quite by accident and to their mutual surprise, Claire and the stranger discover that they share a passion for cooking. As Claire gets to know the Hermit, she finds rare qualities in a man most people have long since dismissed as an outcast. As Claire comes to appreciate this tiny island, with its colorful inhabitants, she experiences healing, redemption, and a happiness she hasn't known for years....
Until she discovers what drove the Hermit into seclusion. Will his terrible secret bring them closer together? Or drive them apart forever? The clock is ticking. Can Claire make peace with her disaffected daughter, callous ex-husband, and cynical boss? Can she let love into her life once more before it's too late?
Told by a New York Times best-selling author and international TV host with a keen eye for Chappaquiddick's extraordinary natural beauty, Island Apart has it all - romance, history, travel, crime, lovemaking of exquisite intensity, and cooking scenes so vivid, they'll make your taste buds ache with hunger. Funny, tender, engaging, poignant, and ultimately triumphant, Steven Raichlen's novel is a smart love story - not to mention a terrific beach listen.
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- Amanda Winward
- 03-03-23
Beautiful story
I loved this novel. There is a lot of information at first to unpick, but it soon becomes very interesting. The 2 main characters were very likeable & I enjoyed their burgeoning friendship into love. I listened to this in a day & was glad I had tissues at the ready!
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- meecham
- 13-07-23
Strange but enticing
The story started off really strange, but as you get into it, the more you didn’t want to put it down Great story, though well worth fighting through the first few pages
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- Joanne Hill
- 17-10-23
Hidden gem
What a beautiful story, the ending actually almost made me cry but smile too. Definitely read it if you have the chance!
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- Carol
- 17-05-23
Difficult to get into story, keep going well worth
Well written, lots of interesting aspects to the story. Narrator superb.
Too many characters to absorb at the beginning and remember who is whom until the later chapters
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- loves2read
- 15-07-23
A lovely story
Really enjoyed this interesting story and the stories within the story. Also loved the descriptions of Martha’s Vineyard. Great characters and narration too.
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- VM
- 26-03-23
Loved this story!
Beautifully read too. The beginning looked too complicated, but it soon became more clear. Will definitely listen to it again.
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- Rosemary Waterkeyn
- 04-07-23
Persevere
As others have mentioned, I almost gave up very early, having just read an absolute classic. But so glad I didn’t. Lovely story and very well narrated. Very visual and almost had me checking for ticks! Loved the characters, even the sometimes annoying best friend, but that’s just me. As Clare says “don’t judge a book by its cover”.
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- Barbara Perry
- 10-04-23
Loved this
This was beautifully read by Susan Boyce. I loved this book and didn’t want it to end. Please Steven Raichlen write another.
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- Ola Zelazinska
- 27-06-23
absolute gem
a beautiful story, like others are saying, the beginning seems to be boring but just get through it and the story will take you to a quite magical space
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