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    A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel
    A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel
    A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel
    Audiobook12 hours

    A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

    Written by M. T. Edvardsson

    Narrated by Emily Watson, Georgia Maguire and Richard Armitage

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    New York Times Book Review     recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue)

    M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the listener to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life—and one another.

    Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?

    Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    TranslatorRachel Willson-Broyles
    Release dateJun 25, 2019
    ISBN9781250221230
    Author

    M. T. Edvardsson

    M. T. Edvardsson is a writer and teacher who lives with his family in Löddeköpinge, Sweden. His break-out psychological thriller, A Nearly Normal Family, was a huge international success, which established Edvardsson as one of his country’s major suspense writers and he has written three further novels and two books for young readers.

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    • 5/5
      A great thriller which can be legitimately called a literary novel—complex characters, intense courtroom drama. Very smart.
    • 5/5
      This book drew me in and kept me wondering who committed the murder! The end made me gasp. The start of the book is a bit slow but it’s crucial because it builds up the characters and their personalities, and shows us the perspective of a pastor and a dad before it transitions to talk about the daughter’s perspective and mom’s. Definitely worth reading!
    • 5/5
      Really really great! Such an immersive story till the end.
    • 4/5
      slow going but good and well worth wading through the slower parts. Short chapters move the story along smoothly. Not totally surprised by the ending, but the flow of the storyline is well done as it moves from past circumstances to current events. Definitely enjoyed.
    • 5/5
      I loved it! Highly recommend ! For once I didn’t see the ending coming!
    • 5/5
      Such an incredibly written read! Very intense story line that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole way through. Loved the organization of the charters point of views. Really, really enjoyed this book!! Will 100% be recommending it to others! Thank you so much to author for this Beautifully well written story! Will definitely be reading more books by this author.
    • 5/5
      Very suspenseful. Throughly enjoyed listening to three narrators and hearing each version of the story from the different characters.
    • 5/5
      Great storytelling from different vantage points. A real page turner. The narration was excellent throughout. Enjoyed the setting in Scandinavia as it was totally foreign to me. A strong recommendation