Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

  • The Schoolhouse

  • By: Sophie Ward
  • Narrated by: Sophie Ward
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Schoolhouse

By: Sophie Ward
Narrated by: Sophie Ward
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2023

'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph

'A literary provocateur' Guardian

Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return.

The Schoolhouse was different - one of the 1970s experimental schools that were a reaction to the formal methods of the past. The usual rules did not apply, and life there was a dark interplay of freedom and violence, adventure and fear. Only her teenage diary recorded what happened, but the truth is coming for her and everything she has tried to protect is put at risk.

Set between the past and the present, The Schoolhouse is a masterful and gripping novel about childhood, secrets and trust.
©2022 Sophie Ward (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK
Crime Fiction Psychological Fiction
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Last Thing She Did cover art
Under Violent Skies cover art
A Killing in November cover art
Calling WPC Crockford cover art
Knife Edge cover art
The Vanishing of Margaret Small cover art
The Girls Left Behind cover art
The Fall cover art
The Next Girl: Detective Gina Harte, Book 1 cover art
The Birthday cover art
Hurt cover art
When Darkness Calls cover art
The Missing Ones cover art
Lucifer Falls cover art
Buried cover art

What listeners say about The Schoolhouse

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    10
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    7
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    9
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    5
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    9
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    7
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    1

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for dawn

Rollercoaster. that's it that's the review. ......

oh one more thing if you're from London there's something almost romantic about some of the descriptions

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Professor J.

Bad performance

The reading lacked expression. Difficult to follow the plot as I was unable to work out who was who.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!