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Rumors
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright, Sarah Grace Wright, GraceWright Productions
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
A high school ruled by small-town politics.
A rural community ruled by rumors.
The truth may set them free. But are they ready for it?
The residents of West Lake are resistant to change and afraid of confrontation. They’re happy to punch in and punch out and complain about the boss man. They’re friendly to your face but spiteful behind your back. They have their farms and their football, but, underneath that small-town veneer, there’s envy and self-hatred and greed.
Principal Janet Wilcox is a modern-day Machiavelli of small-town politics, playing the school board and the community like a banjo. Coach Rick Barnett finds himself squarely in her sights when an up-and-coming quarterback challenges her son’s starting position.
Gwen Townsend’s the new teacher in town. She’s a beautiful woman with a secret. She picked the wrong place to hide from her past. Caleb Miles is her star pupil, a brilliant young writer, questioning his sexuality in a town lacking tolerance. Gwen needs to hide who she was, and Caleb needs to hide who he is.
In a town run on rumors, nobody’s secret is safe.
Adult content and language.
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- Chris Wells
- 27-03-20
Political Agendas, Lies & Rumour Twisted Together.
Phil M Williams weaves many characters into this book and some are good honest people and some are, well... they’re just not. This is a story about small minded people twisting the truth for their own gain. A story about how people are all too willing to believe what they’re told rather than find out the truth for themselves. A story that shows one of modern societies greatest failings: being willing to believe the worst of people no matter the truth. What happens when people are told outright lies? These are the themes the author weaves together with seeming ease. It’s clever writing that highlights some of the darker aspects to modern life but it also makes you think about how we’d all behave in similar situations. As with a lot of Phil M. Williams writing he takes the story through many different stages. The story is told from many different perspectives each character having their own struggles. Other writers may have taken one aspect for their focus but this book is all the better for the author's ambition. I always feel like I get much more than with other writers. Recommended.
Tristan and Sarah Grace Wright, who narrate this book, have become the ‘sound of Phil M Williams’ Books’ for me as I’ve enjoyed their readings of many of them. As always they deliver a great performance sharing the duties between them as they give life to the author’s characters. A high quality production with first rate performances.
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- JociJo
- 10-06-23
What harm can a rumour do?
It's only a rumour, just a rumour, surely nothing bad can happen.
Having recently moved into the area Gwen starts her new teaching job at the local high school, little does she know she is walking into a political minefield where anyone who doesn't see the world in the same way as Principle Janet is a target.
Lies, manipulation, treachery and blackmail are just some of the tools in Janet's toolbox, and she knows how to use them!
A community that is only too willing to bend to the latest rumour, anything to avoid being the latest target.
What could possibly go wrong?
With a large but strong list of characters, Phil takes you on a journey of small town politics and betrayal, where lives are devastated in the fallout of Janet's wake.
Will anyone come out unscathed, will the town ever regain it's humanity.
An excellent story covering a number of difficult topics cleverly interwoven into a narrative that is compelling and heartbreaking.
The narrators are excellent, working together seemlessly to breathe life into all the characters individually.
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- leafylea
- 09-09-22
another smash
As with all Phil M Williams audiobooks, this was once again exceptionally narrated and has an interesting, if slightly confusing storyline. Well worth listening to
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- Kevin Cannon
- 14-07-23
Loved It!
Another interesting novel from Phil Williams. I like the stand alone nature of his novels dispensing from having to read a series of books to get the bigger picture.
Phil writes relatable characters and includes plenty of twists to keep the plot fresh in all of his books.
I listened to the Audio Book version and the author's choice of narrator fits well with the story
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