'A masterwork: a page-turner, a searing emotional rollercoaster and a beautifully-written hymn to the pain, the love, the fury of motherhood. The Whispers is a darkly psychological portrait of couples in crisis and families in free fall. And no lie that does not conceal a devastating truth. And the gloss on everything begins to rub off. Was it at the party, when Whitney screamed blue murder at her son? Or after neighbour Blair started prowling Whitney's house, uninvited? Or once Rebecca and Ben's childlessness finally puts a crack in their marriage? But on the terrible night of the accident, the whispers grow louder, more insistent.

a truly masterful novel' Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid *** The whispers started long before the accident on Harlow Street. Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain, she really is in a league of her own' Lisa Jewell 'A beautifully observed exploration of what it means to be a woman' Sarah Pearse, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium 'Deeply thrilling and provocative.

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW The second novel from the author of THE PUSH, 2021's most explosive Sunday Times bestseller! 'Spellbinding, a shimmering, visceral ride through the dark side of family, of community, of womanhood and mothering.

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