The Last Days of Summer
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  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781844883776
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00

The Last Days of Summer

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5 May 2016
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5 May 2016
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15 Aug 2017
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She can forgive. They can't forget.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Last Days of Summer by Vanessa Ronan. Read by Stuart Milligan, Barbara Barnes, Kristin Atherton and Becca Stewart.

After ten years in the Huntsville State Penitentiary, Jasper Curtis returns home to live with his sister and her two daughters. Lizzie does not know who she's letting into her home: the brother she grew up loving or the monster he became.

Teenage Katie distrusts this strange man in their home but eleven-year-old Joanne is just intrigued by her new uncle.

Jasper says he's all done with trouble, but in a forgotten prairie town that knows no forgiveness, it does not take long for trouble to arrive at their door ...
  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781844883776
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00
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Praise for The Last Days of Summer

Opens Vanessa Ronan's literary career the way dynamite opens a safe ... beautiful and invigoratingly shocking

Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times

A tense, atmospheric, intriguing read

Liz Nugent, author of Richard and Judy Spring Book Club 2017, Lying in Wait

Shades of In Cold Blood and Truman Capote, shades of Harper Lee ... very tense and there's constant mystery hovering over every page

Ryan Tubridy, RTE

A powerful, formidable debut ... what a gripping, dark, compelling story this is

Donal Ryan

Refreshing, vivid and full of suspense ... it's exciting to come across such a great new talent

RTE Guide

Full of dark tension ... extraordinarily accomplished

Irish Examiner

Phenomenally atmospheric ... beautifully written and very very gripping

Marian Keyes

Each word is weighted with dread and laden with drama ... impressive

Sunday Independent

With a blistering ending that leaves you racing to its conclusion ... an exciting new talent

Stylist

Vivid storytelling. ... makes your fingers tremble when you turn the pages. The terror and the pity of it will stay with you for a long time

Sunday Times

Beautifully crafted and dark family drama

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