The Telling, Jo Baker
The Telling, Jo Baker
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The Telling

Author: Jo Baker

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2015


Synopsis

When Rachel sets off alone for her mother's isolated country house, she promises herself that the business of packing up and selling will only take a couple of weeks, and then she'll be home again, and back to normal. But from the moment she steps through the front door, Rachel feels that the house contains more than she had expected: along with the memories of her mother, there is something else, a presence - not quite tangible - trying to make itself felt. As Rachel struggles to put her mother's affairs in order, she grows ever more convinced that the house holds a message for her. Can the ghosts of the past be nudging their way into the present, or is Rachel really beginning to lose her mind?

About Jo Baker

Jo Baker was educated at Oxford and now lives in Belfast where she runs the Belfast Literary Festival. This is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

Hmmmm...well I finished it. The story focusses on two main characters. Rachel in the present day who is clearing out her mothers cottage following her death and Lizzy who lived in the cottage in the 1800's. I had no idea what Rachel was going on about half the time and found it hard to connect with......more

My problem with this novel is I dove into the Telling expecting an eerie ghost story and instead I ended up reading a historical fiction. I enjoyed Elizabeth's story taking place in the 19th century, and felt the tale would have been better told had Baker left out Rachel. The 3 stars is based on Eli......more