Freefall, Jessica Barry
Freefall, Jessica Barry
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Freefall
A Novel

Author: Jessica Barry

Narrator: Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker, MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 12 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 01/08/2019


Synopsis

2020 Audie Finalist – Thriller/SuspenseA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2019:  Entertainment Weekly | USA Today | Parade | Cosmopolitan | New York Post | PopSugar | Goodreads
“Exhilarating, emotional -- a thriller charged with genuine depth and raw power.” — A.J. Finn author of the #1 bestselling The Woman in the Window""An absorbing treat."" — PEOPLE Magazine“The corporate malfeasance and shady conspiracies of John Grisham, with the frank feminism of two rounded female protagonists.”
   — Entertainment WeeklyThey say your daughter is dead.
You know they’re wrong. When her fiancé’s private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, everyone assumes Allison Carpenter is dead.But Maggie, Allison’s mother back home in Owl Creek, Maine, refuses to believe them. Maggie knows her daughter – or she used to, anyway. For the past two years, the two women have been estranged, and while Maggie doesn’t know anything about Ally’s life now – not even why she was on a private plane to begin with – she still believes in her girl’s strength, and in their love for each other.As Allison struggles across the treacherous mountain wilderness, Maggie embarks on a desperate search for answers about the world Allison has been involved in. What was she running from? And can Maggie uncover the truth in time to save her?Told from the perspectives of a mother and daughter separated by distance but united by an unbreakable bond, Freefall is a heart-stopping, propulsive thriller about two tenacious women overcoming unimaginable obstacles to protect themselves and the ones they love.

About Jessica Barry

Jessica Barry is a pseudonym for an American author who grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and was raised on a steady diet of library books and PBS. She attended Boston University, where she majored in English and Art History, before moving to London in 2004 to pursue an MA from University College London.She lives with her husband, Simon, and their two cats, Roger Livesey and BoJack Horseman. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on December 22, 2018

This is the kind of pulpy, plot-based read that you can power through in a single sitting, preferably on the beach or during a plane ride (if the plane crash aspect doesn't make you too nervous). The short chapters keep the pacing up and make it easy to zip through. However, seasoned thriller readers......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on January 06, 2019

4 exciting stars! Freefall opens with Allison surviving a plane crash. She is the lone survivor, and she’s in the mountains with a smashed cell phone and few supplies. The pilot was her fiancé, and she has lost everything. And guess what? She actually doesn’t want to be found. On top of it all, someo......more

Goodreads review by JanB on April 23, 2019

DNF at pg 214. Sorry, just can't go any further. It was too inconsistent and lacking believable character development. Note to author: I assure you that those of us who are older than the millennials are perfectly capable of navigating the internet, social media, and those "new-fangled" smart phones.......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on April 01, 2019

This is well plotted, if unsurprising, and the pace is fast. It’s told from the alternating voices of the daughter and mother which work but there are mistakes that the editor should have caught. Firstly, it is a character driven novel and the characterization should have been accurate. The mother i......more

Goodreads review by BernLuvsBooks on April 08, 2019

3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 for Jessica Barry's debut thriller, Freefall, a fast paced story of one woman's will to survive and her mother's determination to find her. Allison Carpenter and her mother Maggie are estranged. When Maggie learns that her daughter's airplane has gone down and she is presumed dead,......more