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Title: Close Your Eyes
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
Narrator: Meera Simhan, Phoebe Zimmermann
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-26-11
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 24 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
In Close Your Eyes, the author of the best-selling How to Be Lost spins another mesmerizing tale of buried family secrets.
For most of her life, Lauren Mahdian has been certain of two things: that her mother is dead, and that her father is a murderer.
Years later, Lauren is surrounded by uncertainty. Her one constant is Alex, always her protector, still trying to understand the unraveling of his idyllic childhood. But Lauren feels even more alone when Alex reveals that he's been in contact over the years with their imprisoned father - and that he believes he and his sister have yet to learn the full story of their mother's death.
Then Alex disappears.
As Lauren is forced to peek under the floorboards of her carefully constructed memories, she comes to question the version of her history that she has clung to so fiercely. Lauren's search for the truth about what happened on that fateful night so many years ago is a riveting tale that will keep readers feverishly turning pages.
Critic Reviews:
With the deft hand of an assured storyteller, Amanda Eyre Ward has concocted a dark yet tender tale about two grown siblings struggling to forge normal lives in the wake of an unimaginably shattering crisis: the conviction of their father for the murder of their mother. It is a tale of twists, turns, secrets, and surprises - all the more engaging for its finely drawn characters. Ward understands just how our flaws betray us and how redemption always comes at a price - yet her deep empathy makes this, ultimately, a story about the power of trust in the people we love. (Julia Glass, author of The Widowers Tale)
Close Your Eyes doesnt hook you as much as it spins a delicate but powerful web around you. Amanda Eyre Ward goes straight to the heart of her complex, nuanced characters, and with empathy and insight she lays them bare. As a reader, youre powerless against the elegance of her prose and the emotional honesty of her story. Youll close the cover on this book, but you wont forget it. (Lisa Unger, New York Times best-selling author of Fragile)
I absolutely loved this beautiful, haunting story of a woman who learns to come to terms with a dark, deep family secret. This is the kind of book that hooks you right in, brings tears to your eyes, and ends on a note of shining hope. Lauren Mahdian will feel like your sister, your best friend. (Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept)