The Abduction, A.A. Chaudhuri
The Abduction, A.A. Chaudhuri
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The Abduction

Author: A.A. Chaudhuri

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 12 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2021


Synopsis

Madeline Kramer has finally got her life back on track at top City law firm. But when two armed, masked men burst into a conference room one lunchtime, kidnapping a trainee and a partner, Maddy’s life is plunged into disarray once more – particularly when charismatic DCI Jake Carver, who caught a heartless killer when they last met and with whom Maddy shared a mutual chemistry, is called to the scene. Things become more complicated when a disturbing video reveals two more trainees have been taken. What initially appears as a random kidnapping for mercenary gain soon evolves into something far more complex, the horrifying events of 30 years ago motivating the abductors and having colossal implications…

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on April 16, 2023

A deeply moving true story, beautifully translated.......more

Goodreads review by Peter on May 14, 2023

How like the love of the Creator, for those created, is the love of a mother for her child. A mother’s love is a yearning for what is her very self, yet other. When she herself is taken from that part of herself, there can be no rest, until reunion. Maram Al-Masri eloquently delineates this most po......more

Goodreads review by Alan on June 05, 2023

The Abduction was an extreme surprise to me- its premise and tale, the husband's abduction of a young child from his mother, her loss and longing and her reuniting 13 years later and again much later when he is a struggling adult seemed "heavy" but the poems are so simple, straightforward and readab......more

Goodreads review by Mihaela on July 19, 2023

The Abduction lodges within; it haunts and demands attention, and I'm grateful for Hélène Cardona's beautiful work bringing it into English.......more

Goodreads review by Ron on September 02, 2023

Hélène Cardona’s masterful translation of The Abduction by French-Syrian poet Maram Al-Masri contains luminescent pages where readers will traverse tidal currents of raw emotion, passionate love, and the sting of separation. Unfurled through motifs of motherhood, nascent innocence, the ache of parti......more