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    Take Me Apart: A Novel
    Take Me Apart: A Novel
    Take Me Apart: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Take Me Apart: A Novel

    Written by Sara Sligar

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer and Xe Sands

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    "What a clever, visceral thriller. A raw, unfiltered twist on gaslighting that challenges how society treats women. It made me sad, angry, and fired up."
    —Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty

    "I loved this novel so much that I blew off all my responsibilities, turned off my phone, and blistered through the whole thing in one sitting. Unforgettable and thought-provoking, Take Me Apart has my highest recommendation."
    —Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek

    A spellbinding novel of psychological suspense that follows a young archivist’s obsession with her subject’s mysterious death as it threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity

    When the famed photographer Miranda Brand died mysteriously at the height of her career, it sent shock waves through Callinas, California. Decades later, old wounds are reopened when her son Theo hires the ex-journalist Kate Aitken to archive his mother’s work and personal effects.

    As Kate sorts through the vast maze of material and contends with the vicious rumors and shocking details of Miranda's private life, she pieces together a portrait of a vibrant artist buckling under the pressures of ambition, motherhood, and marriage. But Kate has secrets of her own, including a growing attraction to the enigmatic Theo, and when she stumbles across Miranda's diary, her curiosity spirals into a dangerous obsession.

    A seductive, twisting tale of psychological suspense, Take Me Apart draws listeners into the lives of two darkly magnetic young women pinned down by secrets and lies. Sara Sligar's electrifying debut is a chilling, thought-provoking take on art, illness, and power, from a spellbinding new voice in literary suspense.

    A Macmillan Audio production from MCD

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateApr 28, 2020
    ISBN9781250261625
    Author

    Sara Sligar

    Sara Sligar is an author and academic based in Los Angeles, where she teaches English and creative writing as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in History from the University of Cambridge. Her writing has been published in McSweeney’s, Quartz, The Hairpin, and other outlets. Take Me Apart is her first novel.

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    • 4/5
      The book was decent. The narrator, however, took an average book and made it great!
    • 4/5
      A beautiful Roman that gives the reader some insight into how a thoughts of a manic depressed woman flow. How her recovery is unfolding.
    • 5/5
      This writer is truly talented. Everyone should read this book—required reading. Also, it was performed so well.
    • 3/5
      Excellent narration and an impressive debut. I removed a star for a disappointing ending
    • 5/5
      This was really good. I felt like it was a mix of so many different genres! Excellent narration too!!
    • 5/5
      Captivating. I couldn’t put it down. Excellent audio version. I am a fan of Therese Plummer.